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Sigitas Birutis
Sigitas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Sigitas Geda Sigitas Geda (full name - Sigitas Zigmas Geda; 4 February 1943 – 12 December 2008) was a Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright, essayist, critic and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sąjūdis, and of the Lithuanian parliament, S ... (1943–2008), Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright, essayist, critic and politician * Sigitas Jakubauskas (born 1958), Lithuanian footballer * Sigitas Kučinskas (born 1963), Lithuanian rower * Sigitas Olberkis (born 1997), Lithuanian footballer * Sigitas Parulskis (born 1965), Lithuanian poet, essayist, playwright and reviewer * Sigitas Tamkevičius (born 1938), Lithuanian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigita
Sigita is a Lithuanian and Latvian feminine given name. The associated name day In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ... is July 31. Notable people named Sigita * Sigita Burbienė (born 1954), Lithuanian politician * (born 1975), Lithuanian dancer * Sigita Strečen (born 1958), Lithuanian handball player References {{given name Latvian feminine given names Lithuanian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigitas Geda
Sigitas Geda (full name - Sigitas Zigmas Geda; 4 February 1943 – 12 December 2008) was a Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright, essayist, critic and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sąjūdis, and of the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas. Life Early life Sigitas Geda was born in the village of Paterai, in the Lazdijai district of Lithuania, to Zigmas Geda and Aleksandra Gedienė. He was the fourth of seven children. Education and career Geda studied history and philology at Vilnius University. His collection ''Pėdos'' (Footprints) was published in 1966. He was also a leading figure in the ''Movement for the Support of Perestroika'' or Sąjūdis. For a time Geda withdrew from public life in the independent Lithuania because of his dislike of corruption and infighting. Geda's poetry has been translated into English by Kerry Shawn Keys. Awards * 1994 Lithuanian National Prize * 1998 Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science The Baltic A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigitas Jakubauskas
Sigitas Jakubauskas (born 29 December 1958 in Kaunas) is a retired Soviet and Lithuanian football player. International career Jakubauskas played his only game for USSR on 7 August 1985 in a friendly against Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S .... Honours * Lithuanian Footballer of the Year: 1982 References External links *Profile 1958 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers FK Žalgiris players Footballers from Kaunas FC Remscheid players Soviet Top League players 2. Bundesliga players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's association football defenders Men's assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigitas Kučinskas
Sigitas Kučinskas (born 11 March 1963) is a Lithuanian rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1963 births Living people People from Raseiniai District Municipality Lithuanian male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{Lithuania-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigitas Olberkis
Sigitas Olberkis (born 19 April 1997) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lithuanian FA Šiauliai. Career FK Jelgava Olberkis signed for FK Jelgava in March 2018, but left the club at the end of the year. sportacentrs.com, 28 December 2018 In the first half of the 2019 season, he was member of FK Žalgiris
Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Ly ...
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Sigitas Parulskis
Sigitas Parulskis (born February 10, 1965 in Obeliai, Rokiškis) is a Lithuanian poet, essayist, playwright and reviewer. In 1990 he graduated from Vilnius University, where he studied Lithuanian language and literature. He has written for notable journals and newspapers in Lithuania (''Literatūra ir menas'', ''Lietuvos aidas'', ''Lietuvos rytas'', ''Šiaurės Atėnai''). In addition to his writing, Parulskis lectures in creative writing at Vilnius University and writes articles for various newspapers, journals and internet websites. Writing career Parulskis has published 16 works including essays and poetry collections, plays, one novel and two screenplays. He is well-known for his ironic, sharp, critical and sometimes provocative writing style. He has published many short stories on the websitwww.balsas.lt They were collected as a book named ''Sraigė su beisbolo lazda'', which got nominated as Best Adult Book in 2007. His works are translated into Russian, English, Latvian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigitas Tamkevičius
Sigitas Tamkevičius (born 7 November 1938) is a Lithuanian prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop emeritus of Kaunas. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019. Biography He graduated from secondary school in Seirijai in 1955 and entered the Kaunas Priest Seminary. He spent several years in the military service in the Soviet Army and then continued his theology studies, graduating from the seminary in 1962. He was ordained priest by Bishop Petras Maželis on 18 April 1962. He ministered as vicar in the parishes of Alytus, Lazdijai, Kudirkos Naumiestis, Prienai, Simnas. In 1968 he entered the Society of Jesus, which was then illegal under Soviet law. Tamkevičius was among the initiators of the petition action protesting the Soviet discriminating restrictions on the Kaunas Seminary. Because of that Soviet authorities forbade Tamkevičius from exercising his ministry. He worked in a factory and in the land-reclamation area for on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Masculine Given Names
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] |
