Marcelijus Martinaitis 
Author

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Ikaras ir artojas lituano

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Sąvartyne rastas šeimos albumas lituano

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Nežinomo dailininko paveikslas lituano

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Traukinių stotelės budėtoja lituano

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[Esu neapsaugotas nuo žodžių] lituano

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Fotografija: stirnos prie plento lituano

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Esu įtariamas lituano

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Akmens laisvė lituano

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K.B. apie virtualią tikrovę lituano

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Marcelijus Martinaitis 
Author

Foto © Vladas Braziunas
* 01.04.1936, Paserbentis village, Lituânia
05.04.2013, Vilnius, Lituânia

Marcelijus Martinaitis was a poet, essayist and translator. After receiving technical education in Kaunas, he graduated from Vilnius University majoring in Lithuanian linguistics. He worked for different periodicals. Since 1980 Martinaitis had read folk literature and some other literature subjects as an assistant professor of Vilnius University. The poet was one of the former leaders of the “Sąjūdis” Movement, he was also a deputy of the former Supreme Council of Lithuania and head of the Committee of the National Awards in Literature and Arts and a member of different councils and societies.

 Foto © Vladas Braziunas
Martinaitis started publishing his work in 1955, his first book Balandžio sniegas (April Snow) came out of press in 1962. He published 10 collections of poems, several essay books and plays for puppet theatre. About several hundred of separate essays on different subjects and translations of poetry by Martinaitis have been featured by different periodicals and anthologies. His poetry and essays have been translated into the German, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Georgian, Armenian, Belorussian and other languages.

In 1998 Martinaitis received the National Award in Literature and Art.

He died in Vilnius in 2013.

Publicações
  • Balandžio sniegas

    Vilnius: State Fiction Publishers, 1962

  • The Ballads of Kukutis

    Vilnius: Vaga, 1986

  • Papirusai iš mirusiųjų lapų

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, 1992

  • Atmintys

    2nd edition

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, 1995

  • Atrakinta

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, 1996

  • Sugrįžimas

    Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1998

  • Prilenktas prie savo gyvenimo

    Vilnius: Vyturys, 1998

  • Sugrįžimas

    selected poems

    Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1998

  • Tolstantis

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, 2002

  • Pareisiu su paukščiais

    Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2002

  • The Disappearing in the Distance

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers' Union Publishers, 2002

  • Lietuviškos utopijos

    (Lithuanian Utopias)

    [texts]

    Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2003

  • K. B. įtariamas

    (K. B. The Suspect)

    [poems]

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, 2004

  • Tylintys tekstai: Užrašai iš raudonojo sąsiuvinio, 1971-2001

    (Unspoken Texts: Entries from a Red Notebook, 1971-2001)

    [poems]

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, 2006

  • Atmintys: meilės lyrikos albumas

    [poems]

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writer's Union Publishers, 2008

  • Mes gyvenome: biografiniai užrašai

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writer's Union Publishers, 2009

  • Mes gyvenome: biografiniai užrašai

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writer's Union Publishers, 2010

  • Marcelijaus margučiai: Velykos su Marcelijumi Martinaičiu

    Vilnius: Lithuanian Writer's Union Publishers, 2012

Prêmios
  • 1975 International Poetry Festival Poetry Spring Award

  • 1984 State Prize for Book 'Toli nuo rugių'

  • 1998 National Cultural and Art Award

  • 1998 Poetic Druskininkai Fall Yotvingian Prize

  • 2005 Vilnius Club Award for Book 'K.B. Įtariamas'

  • 2007 Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science

  • 2015 The Institute for Literature and Folklore Award for Book 'Mes gyvenome'