Jurgis Kunčinas

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Jurgis Kunčinas (January 13, 1947 in Alytus, Lithuania – December 13, 2002) was a poet, novelist, and essayist.^[1] His works, originally published in the Lithuanian language, have been translated into English, German, Russian, Estonian, Belarussian, Swedish, and Polish.^[1]

Kunčinas received the Lithuanian Writers Union' prize in 1994 for the novel Tūla, set largely in Vilnius's Užupis district.^[1]^[2] His 1996 compilation of essays, Laba diena, pone Enrike!, received an award from the city of Vilnius.^[1]

Selected bibliography

Takas per girią (1977) (poetry)
Atidėtas rugsėjis (1984) (poetry)
Atgimimo kryžius (1990) (poetry)
Namai be žiburių (1991) (poetry)
Vaizdas į mėnulį (1989) (essays)
Baltųjų sūrių naktis (1995) (essays)
Laba diena, pone Enrike! (1996) (essays)
Glisono kilpa (1991) (novel)
Tūla (1993) (novel)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (Lithuanian) "Jurgis Kunčinas". www.rasyk.lt.
↑ Kevin O'Connor (2006). Culture and customs of the Baltic states. Greenwood Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-313-33125-1.

Persondata
Name	Kuncinas, Jurgis
Alternative names
Short description	Lithuanian writer
Date of birth	January 13, 1947
Place of birth
Date of death	December 13, 2002
Place of death

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