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…
Virgis Stakėnas – rightfully titled the father of Lithuanian country music, a living legend and personality who needs no introduction to many. His name is inseparable from the stage, sung…
Creative duo “JieDu” – Vilija and Ramūnas Šepučiai – actors, songwriters, and performers presented a new music video for the song “Beyond the Wind-Swayed Gates of the Past Summer”,…
The 25th Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas Prize was awarded to the poet, essayist, translator, and National Culture and Art Prize laureate Vladas Braziūnas for the book “Time is Near: Philotopic…
Scientists continue to discover works of the poet and playwright from Granada, who was killed 90 years ago because of his political views and sexual orientation. In 2026–2027, it is planned to…
Metinas Celâlas – poet, writer, literary critic, and publisher, actively involved in Turkey’s literary life for more than four decades. Born in Ankara in 1961…
Is it possible to create a poem from one or several words, a message sent by a sister, or simply found on the ground? Recently celebrating his 50th anniversary, the poet, songwriter and…
„Poetry is a space for me where I can be my truest self,“ says Latvian young generation poet Līva Marta Roze. Her poetry includes various everyday details (buses, dresses,…
V. Palčinskaitė came to literature while still studying at Vilnius University in 1961. At that time, her first collection of poems “The Earth Raised Grass” was published. Critics noted the romanticism of the poetry, its inner energy, and the realities of the city. In the seventies and eighties, the poet published five collections of poems,…
Charl-Pierre Naudé – South African poet writing in Afrikaans and English. He is a welcomed guest of this year’s international literary festival “Poetic Druskininkai Autumn”….