Sigitas Geda was a poet and translator in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

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Education and career

He studied history and philology

Philology

Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...

 at Vilnius University

Vilnius University

Vilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania....

. In 1966 his collection Pedos (Footprints) came out. He was also a leading figure in the Movement for the Support of Perestroika or Sąjūdis

Sajudis

Sąjūdis initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania, is the political organization which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on June 3, 1988 and was led by Vytautas Landsbergis...

. Although for a time he withdrew from public life of the independent Lithuania over disdain of corruption and infighting.

His poems were translated into English by Kerry Shawn Keys

Kerry Shawn Keys

Kerry Shawn Keys – American poet, writer, playwright and translator. He is a citizen of the United States and Lithuania.- Notable awards :* National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, USA, 2005...

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