Vladimiras Beresniovas

Who is Vladimiras Beresniovas?

Vladimiras Beresniovas known under his pen name VLABER is a Lithuanian artist, humorist, poet, and cartoonist. Vlaber has been an active participant in the Lithuanian and world artistic communities for over 40 years. In the last 10 years, he has illustrated over 100 books, published weekly cartoons in the local news papers, and been named to Who's Who in Lithuania in 2008.

Beresniovas lost his parents at a young age and at the age of 13, he found himself completely orphaned when his only remaining relative, his grandmother, died. He moved around the USSR until he finally settled in Kaunas, Lithuania. Beresniovas learned the Lithuanian language fluently, and graduated from the Kaunas College of Art. He then submitted some of his early drawings to a local newspaper and they were published immediately.