Rimantas Šavelis

Rimantas Šavelis (born January 10, 1942 in Steponiai ) is a Lithuanian writer and screenwriter.

Šavelis studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University and attended courses for screenwriters and directors in Moscow. He worked for the cinematographic committee from 1970 to 1974 and was editor at Lietuvos kino studija from 1974 and 1977 and from 1980 to 1984 . In the interim he was a consultant to the Association of Lithuanian Prose Authors. Since 1974 he has been a member of the Lithuanian Writers' Union.

In addition to short stories, Šavelis wrote several novels and screenplays for television and cinema. Based on his novel Dievo avinelis , Feliksas Romualdas Bajoras composed the opera of the same name.

Works

• Palei žalią krantą , short stories, Vilnius 1970
• Dievo avinėlis , Roman, Vilnius 1974
• Это я - Титас , Roman, Moscow, Molodaja Pravda, 1976
• Paparčio šešėly , short stories, Vilnius 1980
• Jumala talleke , Roman, Tallinn, 1985
• Amžinoji šviesa , short stories, Vilnius 1987
• Tadas Blinda , Roman, Vilnius, 1987
• Вечный свет , Moscow, Sowjetskij Pisatel, 1988
• Zirguzaglis , historical novel, Riga, 1995
• Pasimatymai su gyvenimu , Vilnius, 2000
• Geriu žalią tylą (atsiminimai apie Paulių Širvį ) . Vilnius, 2004

Movie

• Amžinoji šviesa (film, director: Algimantas Puipa ), 1987
• Bilietas iki Tadž Mahalo , (film, director: Algimantas Puipa), 1991
• Vilko dantų karoliai (film, director: Algimantas Puipa), 1997

swell

• Bernardinai.lt - Žalia R.Šavelio tyla Šilėnuose
• Mindaugas Kvietkauskas (Ed.): Transitions of Lithuanian Postmodernism: Lithuanian Literature in the Post-Soviet Period , Rodopi, 2011, ISBN 9789401207287 , p. 100
• Violeta Kelertas (Ed.): Come Into My Time: Lithuania in Prose Fiction, 1970-90 , University of Illinois Press, 1992 ISBN 9780252062377 , p. 251
• Rimantas Šavelis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• 15min - Rimantas Šavelis