Vytautas Kubilius (November 23, 1928, Aukštadvarys, Rokiškis district, Lithuania — February 17, 2004,

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) was Lithuanian literary critic and political activist.Kubilius, Vytautas
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and writers. He took part in

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movement, and was a co-founder of the Lithuanian Citizens' Charter movement (Lietuvos piliečių chartija) and the chairman of its Council since 1991. Kubilius was the father of

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, a Lithuanian politician. He was fatally hit by a car at a crosswalk in Vilnius on February 17, 2004. He was awarded the Officer's Cross of the

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(1998).

Works

* Julius Janonis. 1962. * Naujų kelių ieškant. 1964. * Salomėjos Nėries lyrika. 1968. * Kazio Borutos kūryba. 1980. * Ievos Simonaitytės kūryba. 1987. * Antanas Vaičiulaitis. 1993. * Jonas Aistis. 1999. * Dviese literatūros sūpuoklėse: Kazys Puida ir Vaidilutė. 2003. * XX amžiaus lietuvių poetai. 1980. * XX amžiaus lietuvių lyrika. Vilnius: Vaga, 1982. 397 p. * Lietuvių literatūra ir pasaulinės literatūros procesas. Vilnius: Vaga, 1983. 470 p. * Žanrų kaita ir sintezė. 1986. * Problemos ir situacijos. 1990. * Romantizmo tradicija lietuvių literatūroje. Vilnius: Amžius, 1993. 206 p. * XX amžiaus literatūra: Lietuvių literatūros istorija. Vilnius: Alma littera, Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas, 1995. 719 p. . * XX amžiaus lietuvių literatūra: Lietuvių literatūros istorija. 2-asis patais. leid. Vilnius: Alma littera, Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas, 1996. * Literatūra istorijos lūžyje. 1997. * Teofilis Tilvytis (Теофилис Тильвитис). Moscow, 1958. * Modern Lithuanian Poetry (Современная литовская поэзия). Moscow, 1969. * Literatur in Freiheit und Unfreiheit. Die Geschichte der litauischen Literatur von der Staatsgrϋndung bis zur Gegenwart. Aus dem Litauschen von Cornelius Hell und Lina Pestal. Oberhausen - Vilnius: Athena-Verkag, Alma littera, 2002. 286 S. , .

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