Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Jolita Skablauskaitė

    Jolita Skablauskaitė

    Jolita Skablauskaitė (1950-2018) was herself as mysterious as her six novels. Her background was history of arts, and she even …

  • Jurga Ivanauskaitė

    Jurga Ivanauskaitė

    Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007) remains one of the most loved Lithuanian writers, in spite of her untimely death. A graphic artist …

  • Jurgis Kunčinas

    Jurgis Kunčinas

    Jurgis Kunčinas (1947–2002) is still one of the most popular Lithuanian writers. Very prolific, he wrote mostly half-fictionalised autobiographical stories, …

  • Kęstutis Navakas

    Kęstutis Navakas

    Kęstutis Navakas (1964-2020) was one of the most visible Lithuanian poets. He grew up in Kaunas, which figures in his …

  • Marius Ivaškevičius

    Marius Ivaškevičius

    Marius Ivaškevičius is an author, playwright, film screenwriter and director. Undoubtedly, he is one of the best contemporary Lithuanian playwrights, …

  • Ričardas Gavelis

    Ričardas Gavelis

    Ričardas Gavelis (1950-2002) is a legendary figure in Lithuanian literature. He studied theoretical physics and (as was common in the …

  • Rolandas Rastauskas

    Rolandas Rastauskas

    Rolandas Rastauskas (1954-2024) is a much-loved character in Lithuanian literary circles, known affectionately as RoRa, the original dandy. He studied …

  • Vanda Juknaitė

    Vanda Juknaitė

    Vanda Juknaitė (1949) debuted in 1983. She was not particularly prolific as a fiction writer: one collection of short stories …

  • Akvilina Cicėnaitė

    Akvilina Cicėnaitė

    Akvilina Cicėnaitė is a writer and a literary translator. Having grown up in Vilnius, she graduated with an MA in …

  • Antanas Šileika

    Antanas Šileika

    Antanas Šileika is a Canadian writer of Lithuanian descent who writes in English. He has published seven books of fiction …

  • Bernardas Gailius

    Bernardas Gailius

    Bernardas Gailius is a historian and journalist. In his doctoral thesis and his first book “Partizanai tada ir šiandien” (Partisans …

  • Daina Opolskaitė

    Daina Opolskaitė

    Daina Opolskaitė (born 1979) has been working as a teacher in her native town of Vilkaviškis, which she had left …