Ignas Staškevičius is a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n businessman and author. From 2003 until 2005, he headed the retail company Maxima, a subsidiary to the

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. He founded the publishing house and bookstore Sofoklis in 2011 and has authored ten books.

Biography

Early life

Ignas was born in Vilnius on 7 May 1970. His mother, Dalia Dilytė, is a writer and professor of Greek and Roman history, his father - a mathematician. Ignas developed an interest in basketball at a young age, competing in regional tournaments with his high school team. He graduated from the Vilniaus Baltupių School with an award for academic excellence in 1988. He went on to graduate from the Medical Department of

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Ea ...

and later studied law.

Business

Ignas started his business career by purchasing a barbershop with

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. He later affiliated with eight partners to found the

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. From 2003 until 2005, he served as the CEO of the retail chain Maxima run by the conglomerate. In 2005, he was appointed head manager of Euro-Vaistinė, a drugstore chain. Since 2008 he has been an adviser and board member in several firms.

Writing

Ignas's travel memoir, ''Kelias į bazę'', was published in 2006. He continued to write about running and travel in 2011's ''Maratono laukas''. In 2013, Ignas authored a satirical novel titled ''Domertas''. ''Tapatybės kortelė'', a collection of essays and short stories, was published in 2016. A collection of interviews in English translation, titled ''Sixteen Conversations'', was released by Sofoklis in 2021 - the book includes interviews with A. B. Yehoshua,

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, and

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. ''Fifteen Conversations'' followed in 2023 - interviews with

Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limit ...

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, Omar Perez,

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and others.

Other

In 2010, Ignas collaborated with the Latvian director Maris Martinsons, as a producer of the film ''Amaya''. In 2019, he co-directed the documentary film "Trejetas". He is credited as being one of the founders of the annual

Vilnius Marathon The Rimi Vilnius Marathon is an annual road marathon event, held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The main sponsor of the marathon is Rimi. Race offers marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k and children run experience. The course includes the most beautiful an ...

. In 2013 the

Lithuanian Sports University Lithuanian Sports University or LSU is a university in Kaunas, Lithuania, specializing in sports, physical activities, and physiology. It is headquartered in Žaliakalnis neighbourhood, in close proximity to the Kaunas Sports Hall and the S. Dar ...

granted him an honorary degree in recognition of services rendered as president of the University's National Health Institute.

References

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