Zigmas Zinkevičius

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Professor Zigmas Zinkevičius
Professor Zigmas Zinkevičius

Zigmas Zinkevičius (January 4, 1925 in Juodausiai, Ukmergė district) is the leading Lithuanian linguist-historian, and a professor at Vilnius University. He has contributed to studies in the history of languages, onomastics and other areas. Zigmas Zinkevičius is a recipient of the Herder Prize, which was presented to him in 1994. Zinkevičius is the author of 30 academic books and several hundred scientific publications in various languages.

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[edit] Biography

After graduating from the gymnasium at Ukmergė in 1945, he enrolled in Vilnius University. He studied linguistics until 1950. In 1955 Zinkevičius defended his thesis Lietuvių kalbos įvardžiuotinių būdvardžių istorijos bruožai and received Doctoral degree. From 1956 to 1962, Zinkevičius was Dean of the Faculty of History and Philology of Vilnius University. Together with his colleagues, he established a new classification of Lithuanian language dialects. For his work Lietuvių dialektologija (1966) Zigmas Zinkevičius received a Habilitated Doctor degree, after two more years became a professor. In 1973 Zinkevičius took a new position at Vilnius University as chairman of the Lithuanian language department, and has been serving since 1988 as chairman of the Baltic Philology department. From 1996 to 1998 he served as Lithuanian Minister of Education and Science.

Zigmas Zinkevičius has, since 1982, been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities; since 1991, of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and since 1995, a member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences and the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Sciences. He is fluent in a number of languages, including English, German, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and French. Zinkevičius is considered as the most cited Lithuanian linguist.[1]

He has published a book discussing this experience: Kaip Aš Buvau Ministru (When I was a Minister).

[edit] Awards and prizes

Zigmas Zinkevičius has received these awards and prizes:

[edit] Recent publications

  • Mažosios Lietuvos indėlis į lietuvių kultūrą Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2008. ISBN 9785420016213
  • Rašto kilmė. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007. ISBN 9785420016336
  • Mažosios Lietuvos enciklopedija. (Head redactor). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007. ISBN 5-420-01612-5
  • Da dove veniamo: L’origine del popolo lituano. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007. ISBN 9785420016183
  • Senosios Lietuvos valstybės vardynas. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007. ISBN 5420016060
  • Tautos kilmė. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutes, 2006. ISBN 5420016036
  • Po aštuonerių metų. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 2006. ISBN 9955668571
  • Krikščionybės ištakos Lietuvoje: Rytų krikščionybė vardyno duomenimis. Vilnius : Katalikų akademija, 2005. ISBN 9986-592-49-6
  • Lietuvių tautos kilmė. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005. ISBN 5-420-01554-4
  • Woher wir stammen. Der Ursprung des Litauischen Volkes. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutes, 2005. ISBN 5-420-01572-2-V
For older publications see bibliographical index

[edit] Selected publications

  • Lietuvių dialektologija. Lyginamoji tarmių fonetika ir morfologija. Vilnius: Mintis, 1966
  • Kazimieras Būga: gyvenimas ir darbai. Vilnius: Mokslas, 1979.
  • Lietuvių kalbos istorija. 6 volumes (7 books ), Vilnius:Mokslas, 1984-1995. ISBN 5-420-01313-4: 7.00
  • Rytų Lietuva praeityje ir dabar. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. ISBN 5-420-01085-2.
  • The History of the Lithuanian language. Vilnius : Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leid. inst, 1998. ISBN 5-420-01363-0: 10.00
  • Istorijos iškraipymai. Vilnius : Katalikų akademija : Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2004 ISBN 5-420-01539-0
For older publications see bibliographical index

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[edit] References

  1. ^ (Lithuanian) Stundžia, Bonifacas (2005). "Akademikui Zigmui Zinkevičiui – 80". Universitas Vilensis (45). 
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