Vytautė Žilinskaitė

Vytautė Žilinskaitė (born December 13, 1930 in Kaunas ) is a Lithuanian satirist and writer.

Life

After graduating from high school, Vytautė Žilinskaitė graduated from the Vilniaus Universitetas Faculty of History and Journalism in 1955 . Since 1950 she has published her works. Their satires influenced Lithuanian humorous literature. She also emerged as a children's author. Her works have been translated into English, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Moldavian, Hungarian and Latvian, among others.

Since 1963 Žilinskaitė has been a member of the Lithuanian Writers' Union ( Lietuvos rašytojų sąjunga ).

Vytautė Žilinskaitė lives in Vilnius .

Awards

• State Republic Prize, 1972
• State Republic Prize (for children's book “Robotas ir peteliškė”), 1979
• Lithuanian Journalists' Association Prize, 1964
• Name of the cultural person, 1980
• Šarūnas Marčiulionis Prize, 1997 and 2001
• Gediminas Order , 2005

bibliography

Satires

• "Ne iš pirmo žvilgsnio" (1962)
• "Ir aš ožius ganiau" (1965)
• "Angelas virš miesto" (1967)
• "Romantikos institutas" (1968)
• "Paradoksai" (1973)
• "Satyros" (1978)
• "Humoreskos" (1979)
• "Paveikslas" (1981)
• "Ikaras Antrasis" (1990)
• "Vaiduokliai" (1991)
• "Paršiuko puota" (1996)
• “Kas atsitiko?” (2000)

Collections

• "Karuselėje" (1970)
• "Kvaitulys" (1984)

Poetry collection

• "Nesustok, valandėle" (1961)

children

• "Melagių pilis" (1968)
• "Berniukas iš albumo. Karklo šakelė. Begemoto oda" (1974)
• "Robotas ir peteliškė" (1978)
• "Ledinė fėja" (1979)
• "Gaidžio Kalnelis" (1981)
• "Kelionė į Tandadriką" (1984)
• "Kintas" (2005)

Web links

• Literature by and about Vytautė Žilinskaitė in the catalog of the German National Library
• Virtuali paroda, skirta 80-osioms V. Žilinskaitės gimimo metinėms
• www.booksfromlithuania.lt
• www.rasyk.lt