On Wednesday, June 12th, it was my pleasure to host a celebration of the life and work of the Lithuanian-Jewish writer Grigory Kanovich, at the New London Synagogue. It was a celeb
Kristina Sabaliauskaitė is a rare case of bestsellerdom meets quality fiction. An art historian and a former foreign correspondent in London, where she now makes her home, she is
There’s something rather daunting about reviewing a book in its country of origin, and knowing the author personally and the fame she enjoys. Cards on the table: I’m in Vilnius
Published just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, this novel became a bestseller and a herald of freedom. International critics recently proclaimed it Dostoevsky, Orwell, Kaf
Sruoga, a Fitzgeraldesque character, was a revered playwright of pre-war Lithuania. In 1943 the Nazis imprisoned him in Stuthoff, but being a polyglot, he survived. He was made a c
Set in the 1920s in Miłosz’s native countryside, this novel depicts the end of the old rural way of life and the painful birth of a new world, with redrawn borders and new ident
Lithuanian literature is not widely known, despite the fact that Lithuania gave the world Adam Mickiewicz, Czesław Miłosz, Chaim Grade and Vilnius-born, twice Prix-Goncourt-winne
With Kristina Sabaliauskaitė, Nora Ikstena, Mihkel Mutt British Library Monday 9 April, 19.30 – 21.00 Three leading Baltic writers – Mihkel Mutt (Estonia), Nora Ikstena (
