Sigitas Parulskis

Sigitas Parulskis 2008

Sigitas Parulskis (born February 10, 1965 in Obeliai , Rokiškis district municipality ) is a Lithuanian poet , playwright , novelist , critic and essayist . Sigitas Parulskis is considered the enfant terrible of contemporary Lithuanian literature.

Life

After graduating from secondary school Obeliai near Rokiškis in 1983 , he completed his diploma studies ( Lithuanian language and literature) in 1990 at the Philology Faculty of the Vilniaus universitetas .

For his first volume of poetry, published in 1990, he received the 1991 Zigmas Gėlė Prize for the best poetry debut of the year. His first novel Three Seconds of Heaven , in which he processed his experience as a member of a Soviet paratrooper division near Cottbus, was named the best book of 2002 by the Lithuanian Writers' Association. In 2004 he was awarded the National Prize of the Republic of Lithuania for his previous work . His works have so far been translated into eleven languages.

He lives in Vilnius .

Works in German translation (selection)

Poems. Three seconds of heaven (excerpts). Short prose. Translated from the Lithuanian by Claudia Sinnig, Cornelius Hell and Markus Roduner. In: Krachkultur 11/2007, pp. 60-88.
Three seconds of heaven . Novel. Translated from the Lithuanian by Claudia Sinnig. Claassen, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-546-00448-0 .

Awards (selection)

1991 Zigmas Gėlė Prize for the best poetry debut of the year
2002 Lithuanian Writers' Union Prize for Best Book of the Year

2004 National Prize of the Republic of Lithuania

2010 HC Artmann grant

literature

Claudia Sinnig: Post Comment to Sigitas Parulskis. In: Krachkultur. 11, 2007, ISSN 0947-0697 , pp. 89-93.

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personal data
SURNAME	Parulskis, Sigitas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Obeliai