Jurgis Kunčinas

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1947 – 2002

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Who was Jurgis Kunčinas?

Jurgis Kunčinas was a poet, novelist, and essayist. His works, originally published in the Lithuanian language, have been translated into English, German, Russian, Estonian, Belarussian, Swedish, and Polish.

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

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Born
Jan 13, 1947
Alytus
Nationality
  • Lithuania
Died
Dec 13, 2002
Vilnius

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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