Tomas Venclova
Culture

Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova granted state pension

The Lithuanian government on Monday granted a state monthly pension to poet Tomas Venclova, the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize. […]

Culture

Exhibition of Medieval and Renaissance tapestry to open in Vilnius

Thirty-four tapestries of the 1400-1500s, valued at nearly 25 million litas (EUR 7.4m), will be exhibited at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. […]

Kristijonas Donelaitis
Culture

New fonts help reinterpret canonical work by 300-year-old Lithuanian writer

The nearly year-long commemoration of the 300th birth anniversary of Kristijonas Donelaitis pays tribute to the Prussian-Lithuanian pastor and poet whose magnitude of legacy in Lithuanian literature has been shaped up by the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons (Metai), in which he depicted everyday life of Lithuanian peasants, their struggle with serfdom, and the annual cycle of life. […]

Libertas Klimka
Culture

Ethnology professor: How globalization and pop-culture takes a toll on national identity

Can centuries-old Lithuanian ethnic culture withstand sweeping globalization? Is it possible to retain national identity when Lithuanian countryside, the stronghold of traditions, is wilting away? And what should the authorities do in handing down the ancestral heritage to youth so that it keeps living? Libertas Klimka, a prominent Lithuanian ethnologist and professor at the Lithuanian University of Educology, talks to the Lithuania Tribune. […]

Oskaras Koršunovas
Culture

Lithuanian theatre director Koršunovas conducts workshop in Venice Biennale

Lithuanian theatre director Oskaras Koršunovas is conducting a workshop for young actors in the prestigious Venice Biennale theatre project. […]