Kazys Almenas

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Kazys Almenas (b. 11 April 1935, Gruzdžiai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania) is an Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher.

1 Biography
2 Literary works
3 References
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[edit] Biography

Kazys Almenas attended the University of Nebraska and Northwestern University. Between 1965 and 1967, he studied at the University of Warsaw and received a doctorate in physics. Almenas was teaching at the University of Maryland.

Almenas currently lives in Lithuania and often publishes his essays in Lithuanian press. Kazys Almenas is founder of Fund Supporting Royal Palace (Valdovų rūmų paramos fondas) - fund which helps financing replica of a medieval Lithuanian Royal Palace in Vilnius ^[1].

[edit] Literary works

Almenas is author of novels Upė į Rytus, upė į Šiaurę (1964), Šienapjūtė (1970), Sauja skatikų (1977), Lietingos dienos Palangoje (1988), collections of short stories Bėgiai (1965), and Gyvenimas tai kekė vyšnių (1967).