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Aušra Marija Sluckaitė-Jurašienė
Aušra Marija Sluckaitė-Jurašienė (born June 1, 1936) is a Lithuanian writer, literary critic, and journalist.Aušra Marija Sluckaitė-Jurašienė '' Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia''Sluckaitė-Jurašienė Aušra Marija at the website Career In 1958, she graduated from[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
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Lithuanian Writers' Union
The Lithuanian Association for Writers is an association for writers and poets in Lithuania, founded in 1922. It gives annual prizes and awards to talented Lithuanian writers. The Association also has its own publishing house. References External links Lithuanian Writers' Union Lithuanian writers' organizations {{lithuania-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius University
Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and Aberdeen). Today it is Lithuania's leading academic institution, ranked among the top 400 ( QS) or top 800 ( ARWU) universities worldwide. As of 2022 QS ranks VU as 8th in CEE (ex. Russia); an ARWU equivalent would be 11th. The university was founded in 1579 as the Jesuit Academy (College) of Vilnius by Stephen Báthory, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland. It was the third oldest university (after the Cracow Academy and the Albertina) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Due to the failure of the November Uprising (1830–1831), the university was closed down and suspended its operation until 1919. In the aftermath of World War I, the university saw failed attempts to restart it by the local Polish Society of Friends of Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages to 23 countries. The organization has been headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995, and has 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff and 1,300 stringers and freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region. In addition, it has 700 employees at its headquarters and corporate office in Washington, D.C. Radio Free Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronys Savukynas
Bronys Savukynas (December 16, 1929-April 20, 2008) was a Lithuanian philologist, linguist, culturologist, translator, journalist, editor."Bronys Savukynas" '' Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia'' He was buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery Antakalnis Cemetery ( lt, Antakalnio kapinės, pl, Cmentarz na Antokolu, be, Антокальскія могілкі), sometimes referred as Antakalnis Military Cemetery, is an active cemetery in the Antakalnis district of Vilnius, Lithuania. I .... In 2010 the Bronis Savukans Prize was established for journalists, by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture and the Lithuanian PEN Center. Books * ''Vardai ir žodžiai'', Vilnius, 1971. * ''Kalba ir mintis'', Vilnius, 1980. * ''Mintis ir ženklas'', Vilnius, 1983. * ''Žmonės ir kalba'', Vilnius, 1977. * ''Žodžiai ir žmonės'', Vilnius, 1974. * ''Ženklai ir prasmės'', Vilnius, 1987. * ''Lietuvių vardų kilmės žodynas'',with , Vilnius, 1987, 2006. Awards *2005: Officer's Cross of the Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Births
Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII. * January 28 – Britain's King George V state funeral takes place in London and Windsor. He is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Inci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Lithuania or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A *Gintarė Adomaitytė (born 1957), journalist *Loreta Anilionytė, philosopher, educator, non-fiction writer, novelist, since 2000 *Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (1909–1998), Lithuanian-born Hebrew children's writer * Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984), journalist, diplomat and a public figure B * Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007), poet, essayist, painter C *Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (born 1976), playwright, novelist * Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (born 1929), scholar, translator G * Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990), Lithuanian nun, poet and dissident writer, theological translator *Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), Lithuanian-American translator, non-fiction writer, writings in German and English on archaeology, Lithuanian culture *Emma Goldman (1869–1940), Lithuanian-born Russian-American memoirist, autobiographer, publisher, anarchist *Aldona Gustas (born 1932), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Journalists
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
