Vladas Braziūnas

Vladas Braziūnas (born February 17, 1952) is a Lithuanian poet and translator.[1] He has written/translated nine books.  He is a member of the Lithuanian Writers' Union[2] and the Lithuanian PEN Center and was on the board of experts of the 2007 Druskininkai Poetic Fall.[3] In 1983 he received the Zigmas Gėlė prize for the best poetry debut for a book of poems he wrote nine years prior which only received permission to be published at that time due to a controversy alluding to its "ideological and artistic immaturity."[4]

Braziūnas was featured in a Lithuanian documentary movie called ‘Closer to the Land Beyond the River' (trsl).[5]

Honors and awards

He is an honorary Pasvalys district citizen[6] and has received various awards including:

Works

Some of the books he has written include:

  • Voro stulpas[12]
  • Suopiai gręžia dangų[13]
  • Užkalbėti juodą sraują[14]
  • Išeinančios pušys
  • Alkanoji linksniuotė[15]
  • Ant balto dugno[16]
  • lėmeilėmeilėmeilė

References
  1. admin (2015-11-03). "Braziūnas Vladas". Lithuanian Writer's Union. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. "Latvian Literature". www.latvianliterature.lv. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  3. "-DPF'2005_programme". www.culture.lt. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  4. Liedtke, Klaus-Jürgen. "Braziūnas, Vladas". www.balticsealibrary.info. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  5. "Documenting the lives of contemporary Baltic poets". AABS. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  6. "Independence Day in Pasvalys |". Independence Day in Pasvalys |. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  7. "President of the Republic of Lithuania - President awards Prizes of the Taras Shevchenko Foundation". adamkus.president.lt. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  8. ""Druskas Avisas" #423 July 2015 Druskininkai, Lithuania" (PDF). www.nsuweb.org.
  9. Agata. "Crystal Vilenica". Vilenica. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  10. "Winners of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize 2013 honoured at the Seimas on the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania". www.lrs.lt. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  11. "Baltic Assembly - Baltic Assembly Prize". www.baltasam.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  12. "Vladas Braziūnas - Voro stulpas". Mint Vinetu. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  13. "Suopiai grezia dangu: Eilerasciai Unknown Binding – January 1, 1988". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  14. "Vladas Braziūnas. Eilėraščiai iš rinkinio „Užkalbėti juodą sraują" (1989)". www.tekstai.lt. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  15. "Vladas Braziūnas". www.mmcentras.lt. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  16. "LIBIS". lnb.libis.lt. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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