Lithuanian Culture Guide

Kristina Sabaliauskaitė

Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974) is the most widely read Lithuanian author (sales of her books run to hundreds of thousands …

Vaiva Rykštaitė

Vaiva Rykštaitė (born 1985) is a pen name which approximately means “Rainbow”. Its owner grew up in Kaunas and started …

Undinė Radzevičiūtė

Undinė Radzevičiūtė (born 1967) is the most un-Lithuanian of Lithuanian writers. She does not mix with the literary world, and …

Daina Opolskaitė

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

Vytautas Martinkus

Vytautas Martinkus (born 1943) represents the generation of Lithuanian writers whose biographies reflect their complicated times and mixed loyalties. He …

Herkus Kunčius

Herkus Kunčius (born 1965) is one of the most prolific Lithuanian writers, publishing a book or a play every year since …

Virginija Kulvinskaitė

Virginija Kulvinskaitė (born 1983) is a poet and a writer, whereas Virginija Cibarauskė has earned her PhD (her thesis focused …

Marijus Gailius

Marijus Gailius (born 1983) published his first collection of stories in 2012, but has been mostly working as a journalist, …

Juozas Erlickas

Juozas Erlickas (born 1953) received the National Prize in 1997, and legend has it that his reaction to the news …

Regimantas Dima

Regimantas Dima (born 1961) did not become a published writer until his 50s. Before then, besides his day job in …

Laura Sintija  Černiauskaitė

Laura Sintija  Černiauskaitė (born 1976) is the first Lithuanian to receive the European Union Prize for Literature. Her prose is very …

Rasa Aškinytė

Rasa Aškinytė (born 1973) has a background in history and philosophy. Her main work is at a university, where she …