Jurga Ivanauskaitė
Novelist, Author
1961 – 2007
Who was Jurga Ivanauskaitė?
Jurga Ivanauskaitė was a Lithuanian writer.
She was born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union. Studying at the Vilnius Art Academy, her first book was The Year of the Lilies of the Valley, published in 1985. She subsequently published six novels, a children's book and a book of essays. Her works have been translated into several languages, including English, Latvian, Polish, Russian, German, and Swedish.
After her visits in the Far East, she became an active supporter of the Tibet liberation movement.
She died from the soft tissue sarcoma in Vilnius at the age of 45 and is interred in the Antakalnis Cemetery.
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- Born
- Nov 14, 1961
Vilnius - Parents
- Nationality
- Lithuania
- Profession
- Education
- Vilnius Academy of Art
( - 1985)
- Vilnius Academy of Art
- Lived in
- Vilnius
- Died
- Feb 17, 2007
Vilnius
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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