Events

ONGOING

Laima Vincė Sruoginis has been invited back for a second year as Fulbright Lecturer in Creative Writing at Vilnius University. Laima is teaching a graduate level Creative Writing course at Vilnius University.

http://www.cies.org/schlr_directories/usdir07/Crea15.htm

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 15 – 19, 2008

  1. Lenin’s Head on a Platter, Laima Vincė’s memoir about studying in Lithuania during the singing revolution of 1988 – 1989, will make its debut at the 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair.

 

Reviews of Lenin’s Head on a Platter, published by the Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press: Vilnius, Lithuania

Laima Vincė takes us on a harrowing through-the-looking-glass tour of Lithuania in 1988, during a time of great social and political turmoil.  In diary form, she gives us  her personal, unflinching account of the daily hardships that characterize this faltering society--one filled with guns, poverty, bitterness, mistrust, and, sometimes, friendship.  We see the full range of emotions here as people try to live normal lives against a backdrop of uncertainty.  At times funny, at times poignant, this book explores the extraordinary human cost of an oppressive system of government, as well as the extraordinary human valor of those who survive it.   It shows us that, underneath, all people share the same basic needs for freedom, for hope,  and for love.  This is a fine and important book.
Clint McCown, author of WAR MEMORIALS

Told in tense, richly evocative prose, Laima Vincė's account of her year in Vilnius is at once the compelling story of a young Lithuanian-American woman's journey of self-discovery, a vivid portrayal of life among restless and idealistic youth on the eve of the Soviet Union's collapse, and an inspiring evocation the indomitable human spirit.
--Stephen O'Connor, author of ORPHAN TRAINS and WILL MY NAME BE SHOUTED OUT?

PAST EVENTS

July 3 – 6, 2008

  1. Lithuanian National Poet Marcelijus Martinaitis and Laima Vincė read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, July 2008.

 

Laima Vincė and Marcelijus Martinaitis spent an inspirational four days at the Ledbury Poetry Festival. Please follow the links to the Hereford Times review of the reading, to see the complete Ledbury Poetry Festival program, and to meet the ever-elusive and charming Shedman!
http://archive.herefordtimes. com/2008/7/7/96560.html
 www .poetry-festival.com
http://www.shedlife.net
August 24 – 26, 2007

Laima Vincė reads at the www.slowwwo-2007 Poetry Festival in Kaliningrad

Poems from Laima Vincė’s collection Book of Portraits was translated into Russian by Kaliningrad poet Sergey Mihaylov. Laima and Sergey appeared together in a bilingual English/Russian reading July 25, 2007. For more information please follow the link:
http://www.litkarta.ru/russia/ kaliningrad/news/slowwwo-2007/

September 2007

Gimtasis Žodis publishes Laima Vincė’s novel for children The Ghost in Hannah’s Wallpaper in Lithuanian translation (translated by Vida Bekštienė) as Vaiduoklė Svetainėje.

Please follow the link to a review of the novel in the Lithuanian children’s periodical Rūbinaitis. Sorry, at the moment no English translation is available, but one is forthcoming.

http://rubinaitis.lnb.lt/index.php?142174043

 

January 31, 2008

Co-editors Laima Vincė and Rimantas Morkvenas present Anicetas Simutis: 60 Metų Lietuvos Diplomatinėje Tarnyboje, published by the Vilnius Center for Genocide and Resistance at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and other important political figures speak at the event. Please follow the link to purchase this book.

http://www.genocid.lt/Leidyba/ 20071218_simutis.htm

 

February 22, 2008

Children perform scenes from Vaiduoklė Svetainėje at the 2008 Vilnius Book Fair. Author signing follows the performance.