Loss in the Polish community of Lithuania – a famous poet of the Vilnius region has died
This week, the Polish community of Lithuania lost the famous poet of the Vilnius region, well known both in Lithuania and Poland, Aleksander Snieżko.
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In 1955, Allen Ginsberg publicly read the poem “Howl” for the first time. Two years later, two book publishers were prosecuted because of it, and the court decision became one of…
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National Award Laureate Regina Šaltenytė – in the new „JieDu“ music video clip
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Juozo Tumas-Vaižgantas Award given to poet Vladas Braziūnas
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„Guest of ‘Poetic Druskininkai Autumn’ Metin Celâl: ‘Losing your language is like ceasing to exist’”
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Mindaugas Valiukas, who published a book of the dumbest poems: “Sometimes a poem only needs two words”
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„Guest of the ‘Poetic Druskininkai Autumn’: The pursuit of ‘Normality’ is a futile matter”
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