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Tomas Venclova

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Lithuanian poet and scholar (born 1937)

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Tomas Venclova is a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature. He is one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. In 1977, following his dissident activities, he was forced to emigrate and was deprived of his Soviet citizenship.

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2017Knight Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
2017HOMER - The European Medal of Poetry and Art
2015Berlin Prize
2014Petrarca-Preis
2013honorary citizen of Vilnius
2013Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
2012Lithuanian Diplomacy Star
2010Doctor Honoris Causa at the Vytautas Magnus University
2010Honorary doctor of the University of Gdańsk
2008Baltic Star
2000Lithuanian National Prize
2000honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
1999Officer of the Order of the Cross of Vytis
1996Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
1995Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
1991honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
1990Vilenica Prize
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
Commander of the Order of Vytautas the Great

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Timothy SnyderAlso won Lithuanian Diplomacy StarStanislaw ShushkievichAlso won Commander of the Order of Vytautas the GreatJustinas MarcinkevičiusAlso won honorary citizen of VilniusGennadiy AygiAlso won Petrarca-PreisDavid AlbaharAlso won Vilenica PrizeLembit UlfsakAlso won Baltic Star

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Tomas Venclova is a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature. He is one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. In 1977, following his dissident activities, he was forced to emigrate and was deprived of his Soviet citizenship. Since 1980, he has taught Russian and Polish literature at Yale University. Considered a major figure in world literature, he has received many awards, including the Prize of Two Nations, and The Person of Tolerance of the Year Award from the Sugihara Foundation, among other honors.

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Born 1937 · age 89
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