Sigitas Parulskis (born February 10, 1965 in

Obeliai Obeliai (; pl, Abele, yi, אבעל Abel) is a small city in the Rokiškis district municipality of Panevėžys County, Lithuania. At the foot of the town is one of the area's many lakes. The town of Obeliai is small and quite poor, due in no s ...

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) is a Lithuanian poet, essayist, playwright and reviewer. In 1990 he graduated from

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, where he studied Lithuanian language and literature. He has written for notable journals and newspapers in Lithuania (''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''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 websit
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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, Finnish, Polish, Czech, French, German, Greek, Swedish and other languages. He has received all main Lithuanian literature prizes. In 2004 he became the Laureate of National Culture and Art and in 2016 the

Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science The Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science is an award given annually by the Baltic Assembly for achievements in three categories: literature, art and science. The prize is an annual award given to a citizen of Estonia, Latvi ...

References

Books from Lithuania
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