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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] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |