Tomas Venclova
The most famous contemporary Lithuanian author. Born 1937 in Klaipeda. Co-founder of the Lithuanian Helsinki-Group in 1976, in 1977 expatriation from the Soviet Union. Since 1980 Professor of Slavic Literatures at Yale University. Publications include: several collection of poems, the most recent one Rinktine (1999), poetry-translations, essays, articles and the novel: Aleksander Wat: Life and Art of an Iconoclast.
Articles published in the Partner Section
Poesie ist Sprache zum Quadrat
Erich Klein und Uldis Tirons im Gespräch mit Tomas Venclova
Der litauische Dichter Tomas Venclova über sein Land, Kriege, Ödipus und die Poesie. [more]




