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Tomas Vaiseta

トマス・ヴァイセタ

Tomas Vaiseta

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1984-01-01 （Lithuania）
Nationality
Lithuania
Languages
Lithuanian, English
Residence History
Vilnius, Lithuania

Career

Occupations
writer, historian, university lecturer
Active Years
2010-
Affiliations
Faculty, Vilnius University
Nominations
European Union Prize for Literature (nomination for 'Ch.', 2022)

Education

Vilnius University
Department of History
Degree: PhD
Country: Lithuania
Obtained a PhD in history and teaches at Vilnius University

Awards

Kazimieras Barėnas Literary Prize
Result: 受賞
Jurgis Kunčinas Literary Prize
Result: 受賞
Jurga Ivanauskaitė Literary Prize
Result: 受賞
European Union Prize for Literature (nomination)
2022
Work: Ch.
Organization: European Union Prize for Literature
Result: ノミネート

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Paukščių miegas (The Sleep of Birds)

2014 short stories

A collection of short stories that portray alienation of individuals and society through fragments of daily life and memory. Themes include relationships, loneliness, and traces of the past.

lonelinessmemoryeveryday life
Translations
  • English translation by Jeremy Hill, Strangers Press (2023)

Orfėjas: A Journey There and Back

2016 novel

A novel that weaves mythic motifs with contemporary perspectives, addressing personal identity, movement, and cyclical time.

mythidentityjourney

Ch.

2021 novel

A 2021 novel using experimental and symbolic techniques to depict the intersection of personal and social histories. Nominated for the European Union Prize for Literature.

personal historysocial historysymbolism

The Society of Boredom: Everyday and Ideology in the Late Soviet Period (1964-1984)

2014 historical monograph

An academic study analyzing everyday life and ideology in the late Soviet period from a social-historical perspective.

Soviet periodeveryday historyideology

Summerhouse: The Social History of the Vilnius Psychiatric Hospital 1944–1990

2018 historical monograph

A study on the social history of the Vilnius psychiatric hospital, analyzing medical practice, social institutions, and patients' everyday lives based on archival materials.

medical historysocial historypsychiatric care

The Little O: Culture of Sexuality in Soviet Lithuania

2022 historical monograph (co-authored)

A study on the culture of sexuality in Soviet Lithuania, co-authored with historian Valdemaras Klumbys.

sexualitySoviet periodcultural history

Bibliography

  • Paukščių miegas (2014)
  • The Society of Boredom (2014)
  • Orfėjas: A Journey There and Back (2016)
  • Summerhouse (2018)
  • Ch. (2021)
  • The Little O (2022)

Translations of Works

  • Paukščių miegas translated into English by Jeremy Hill, Strangers Press (2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
observational, detailed descriptionstylistic blending of historical scholarship and fictionsometimes experimental and symbolic techniques
Recurring Motifs
memory and the pasteveryday life in the Soviet periodloneliness and alienationcorporeality and sexuality

Legacy

Known as both a contemporary Lithuanian writer and a social historian. Praised for fiction that connects personal and social histories, and for scholarly contributions on everyday life, medical institutions, and sexuality in the Soviet period.

Academic Societies

  • Lithuanian Historical Association

Archives

  • Vilnius University archives holdings

In Popular Culture

  • Gained international attention after nomination for the European Union Prize for Literature

Trivia

  • Born in 1984.
  • Paukščių miegas was published in English by Strangers Press in 2023 (translation by Jeremy Hill).
  • Has co-authored historical studies with historian Valdemaras Klumbys.