Giedra Radvilavičiūtė

Writer
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IntroWriter
PlacesLithuania
isWriter
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Female
Birth5 March 1960, Panevėžys, Lithuania
Age64 years
Star signPisces
Family
Spouse:Giedrius Subačius
Education
Vilnius University
Awards
European Union Prize for Literature2012
Lithuanian National Prize2015
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Biography

Giedra Radvilavičiūtė (born 1960) is a Lithuanian writer. She was born in Panevėžys in northern Lithuania, and studied in Vilnius University, graduating in 1983 with a degree in Lithuanian language and literature. She taught for a few years in her native region, before returning to Vilnius to work as a journalist. She lived in the USA from 1994 to 1998; her husband Giedrius Subačius, a scholar of Lithuanian, was teaching in Chicago.

Radvilavičiūtė won the EU Prize for Literature for her short story collection Šiąnakt aš miegosiu prie sienos (Tonight I Shall Sleep by the Wall). She lives in Vilnius, where she works as an editor.

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