Vilenica International Literary Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1990) Winner
Tomas Venclova
トマス・ヴェンチョーヴァ
Tomas Venclova
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-09-11 （Klaipėda, Lithuania）
- Nationality
- Lithuanian
- Languages
- Lithuanian, Russian, Polish, English
- Residence History
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States → Vilnius, Lithuania → Kraków, Poland
Career
- Occupations
- philologist, essayist, writer, poet, translator, professor
- Active Years
- 1956-
- Affiliations
- Lithuanian Helsinki Group (founding member), Yale University (lecturer in Russian and Polish literature), Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (member)
- Memberships
- Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Czesław Miłosz, Joseph Brodsky
- Influenced
- Contemporary Lithuanian poets (particularly younger generation)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilnius University | — | Literature / Philology | — | — | Lithuania |
Vilnius University
Literature / Philology
Country:
Lithuania
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award | — | — | Zbigniew Herbert Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Lithuanian National Prize | — | — | Government of Lithuania | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Vilenica International Literary Prize | — | — | Vilenica | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Petrarca Prize | — | — | Petrarca Prize Committee (Germany) | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Prize of Two Nations (received jointly with Czesław Miłosz) | — | — | Unknown organization | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Person of Tolerance of the Year Award (Sugihara Foundation) | — | — | Sugihara Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Doctor Honoris Causa of Göttingen University | — | — | Göttingen University | 授与 |
Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
2023
Organization:
Zbigniew Herbert Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Lithuanian National Prize
2000
Organization:
Government of Lithuania
Result:
受賞
Vilenica International Literary Prize
1990
Organization:
Vilenica
Result:
受賞
Petrarca Prize
2014
Organization:
Petrarca Prize Committee (Germany)
Result:
受賞
Prize of Two Nations (received jointly with Czesław Miłosz)
2002
Organization:
Unknown organization
Result:
受賞
Person of Tolerance of the Year Award (Sugihara Foundation)
2012
Organization:
Sugihara Foundation
Result:
受賞
Doctor Honoris Causa of Göttingen University
2018
Organization:
Göttingen University
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
Visi eilėraščiai: 1956–2010 (Collected Poems)
2010 Poetry 404 pagesA collected volume of poems from 1956 to 2010, addressing personal memory, history and the city of Vilnius.
memoryexile and returnVilniuslanguage and culture
Vilnius: A Personal History
2011 Memoir / Essays 200 pagesA personal history of Vilnius combining memoir and cultural-historical reflections on the city.
urban memoryhistoryidentity
Translations
- English translation: Vilnius. A Personal History (2009)
The Junction: Selected Poems
2008 Poetry (Selected Poems) 148 pagesA selected poems volume presenting Venclova's poetry to an international (English-speaking) readership.
memory and historylanguagepersonal reflection
Bibliography
- Visi eilėraščiai: 1956–2010. Collected Poems. Vilnius, 2010.
- Vilnius: A Personal History. The Sheep Meadow Press, 2009 (English translation).
- Kitaip: Selected Translations of Poetry. Vilnius, 2006.
- The Junction: Selected Poems. Bloodaxe Books, 2008.
- Aleksander Wat: Life and Art of an Iconoclast. Yale University Press, 1996.
Translations of Works
- Vilnius. A Personal History (English translation, 2009)
- The Junction: Selected Poems (English translation, 2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and intellectual poetryessayistic prose grounded in history and memorymultilingual sensibility reflected in translations
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryexile and returnthe city of Vilniuslanguage and translation
Legacy
Tomas Venclova is one of Lithuania's leading poets and intellectuals, internationally recognised for work on exile, memory, language and the city of Vilnius. Through dissident activity, translations and teaching he has made significant contributions to the understanding of Eastern European literature and culture.
Academic Societies
- Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
Archives
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University (Tomas Venclova Papers)
Trivia
- Was forced to emigrate in 1977 for dissident activities and was deprived of Soviet citizenship.
- Taught Russian and Polish literature at Yale University from 1980 to 2012.
- Moved back to Vilnius in 2018 after retiring from Yale.
- Awarded the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award in 2023.