Jurgis Kunčinas [SEP] place of birth
Jurgis Kunčinas
Jurgis Kunčinas (13 January 1947 in Alytus, Lithuania – 13 December 2002) was a poet, novelist, and essayist. His works, originally published in the Lithuanian language, have been translated into English, German, Russian, Estonian, Belarusian, Swedish, and Polish.
Kunčinas received the Lithuanian Writers Union' prize in 1994 for the novel "Tūla", set largely in Vilnius's Užupis district. His 1996 compilation of essays, "Laba diena, pone Enrike!", received an award
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