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Last Updated 13 May 2010
J.M. Coetzee - the Nobel laureate's comments for new bilingual poetry book:
Thought and Rock contains poems of remarkable purity, written in a spirit of
receptiveness to the world in which the poetic insight suddenly emerges like
a bird taking wing.
Some future
events:
May Spring Poetry Festival, Lithuania
September Poetry Festival, Slovenia
October Druskininkai Poetic Fall, Lithuania
December Lithuanian Australian Festival, Melbourne - Australia
Readings in various parts of Lithuania (May – October)
POETRY READINGS, PUBLICATIONS & OTHER EVENTS
2008-2010
Mintis ir uola/Thought and Rock –
Lithuanian/English,
Lithuanian
Writers Union Publishers,
2008
Lidija’s Haiku “Just One Endless Dance” came fourth in Haiku
Competition at
Druskininkai Poetic Fall (Lithuania)
in Oct, 2009
Attended International Poetry Festivals in Utena 2008. Spring Poetry Festival in Vilnius and
readings elsewhere- 2008-9; Druskininkai Poetic Fall – 2008-9
Anthology Publications in Lithuanian
Spring Poetry Almanac, Lithuania, 2008-10
A Home for the Wind – Lithuanian Haiku (compiled by A. Šilanskas) Lithuania, 2009
Poems on Vilnius (Iš Vilniaus į Vilnių) (compiled by A. Marčėnas). Lithuania, 2008
For Father. . .(Tėvui nors tiek). (compiled by A. Meškauskas) .Lithuania , 2008
Journal Publications see Biography section attachments in Lithuanian or
English
Anthology and Journal Publications in English
World Poetry Almanac 2008 (ed. Hadaa Sendoo) - Mongolia 2008
The Vilnius Review: spring /summer, Lithuania 2008
Best of Friends:
2008.
Wet ink;
Australia
June, 2009
A Home for the Wind – Lithuanian Haiku,
Lithuania
2009
Essay: Living in Two Cultures. Poetry’s Mysterious Source - Vilnius Review
spring /summer, No.23, 2008
„After the Race“ (Friendly St) Australia, 2010,
„The Shop“ Ireland, 2010
Anthology,Journal and Internet Publications in German, Japanese, Polish & Russian
Facetten Antholgy - (translator Christian Loidl), Linz, Austria – 2008, 2009
Ravine - (translator Koichi Yakushigawa), 163 -172, Kyoto, Japan, 2007-9
http://homepage2.nifty.com/4-kansai/
Gosciniec Sztuki (The Way of Art) (translator Leszek Engelking) Krakow, Poland-1-2008
http://www.diary.ru/~rBo3Db/ Russian, 2009
POETRY READINGS in LITHUANIA and AUSTRALIA
Kaunas: Maironis Literature Museum Molėtai: Santara Conference Alanta –- 2008
Panevežys: Artists House / Garden – Plungė: Skalvija Cafe, 2008
Rusnė: Ethnoculture Centre; Ylakiai The City Cultural Centre 2009
Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers Union Centre -music- Gediminas Sederevičius
and Vytautas Varanka 2008
Poetry book launch presented by R.Tamošaitis and D. Mitaitė, 2008
Adelaide: South Australian Writers Centre, music- Margery Smith Dec.2008
Poetry book launch presented by Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee
Melbourne: Lithuanian House. Music -David Rohan & Danius Kesminas Dec.2009,
Poetry review by Edward Reilly, presented by Juratė Sasnaitis
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With Margery Smith and
J.M. Coetzee Adelaide, Australia 5 Dec 2008
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Lidija at "Thought and Rock " book launch,
Melbourne Lithuanian
House
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Regimantas Tamošaitis,
Lidija, Donata Mitaitė Lithuanian Writers' Union Centre Vilnius, Lithuania 23 Sept 2008
Obelisk of sand holds the foundations of home I rest against air |
Ramutė Dragenytė,
Eugenija Vaitkevičiutė, Maironis Literature Museum Kaunas, Lithuania 2008
Just one endless dance trembling and moving bodies sea inside our skin |
MUSIC COMPOSITIONS MUSIC SET TO POETRY IN LITHUANIA AND AUSTRALIA
Vilnius: Vytautas Germanavičius:
5 poems for voice (bilingual) from
"Spaces of Silence",
Lithuania, 2007
Vocalist Sigutė Trimakaitė-
St.John’s Church (Vilnius
Universitry) other concert halls, venues and churches throughout Lithuania
2008-9, also performed
at the Spring Premiers Concert in Vilnius, 2010.
Published CD - "Nežinomos erdvės" / "Unknown Spaces" by Domus Artis, 2009.
Vocalist Joana Gedmintaitė
Sydney:
Margery Smith: from “Ocean Hum” cycle from “Wind
Sheen” book:
Poems
for voice, flute and piano – Grevillea ensemble,
premier Sydney Conservatorium, May 25,
Australia, 2008
BOOK REVIEWS& PRESENTATION SPEECH IN ENGLISH
L.Šimkutė’s Thought and Rock. (J.M. Coetzee) read at book launch, 2008 www.slic.org.au – Culture, March 2009
The Word in the Void (Regimantas Tamošaitis) The Vilnius Review, autumn/winter, 2008
Word Radiance (Ramutė Dragenytė) www.slic.org.au - Culture
L.Šimkutė’s Thought and Rock (Isolda.Poželaitė – Davis) www.slic.org.au - Culture,2008
Mintis ir uola / Thought and Rock (Cameron Fuller) Wet ink 15, June, 2009
Lapidary Language (Edward Reilly) read at book launch, Dec.2009 – awaiting publication extract in website: www.ace.net.au/lidija
Lidija Šimkutė: Bi-Cultural Identity in Poetic Expression (Richard Benesevich) - awaiting publication 2010
REVIEW IN POLISH
Lidija Šimkutė’s Mintis ir uola/Thought and Rock (Andrzej Dorobek) Gosciniec Sztuki
(The Way of Art) Poland, No 1/13, 2009
2006 -2007
April: SINGAPORE: Zouk Club - Poetry reading for Word Forward
May: ESTONIA: Tartu Cafe Pierre.
”Prima Vista” Poetry Festival (translations by Auri Jurna),
May:
LITHUANIA:
Spring Poetry Festival
Poetry readings
in Gėlės Gaidmanavičius Museum, Davatkyne (near
Kaunas)
Dieveniškių Museum Garden & other parts of the country.
Panevėžys: Library. Poetry read in commemoration of Giedrius Gabrėnas
June: RUSSIA: St Peterburg
Poetry read at The Lithuanian Centre. (translations by Vitalij Asovskij )
LITHUANIA: Zelva Guest speaker: Librabrians Conf. for the Blind.
Sept: LITHUANIA:
Kaunas: Maironis Literary Museum & Vytauti Magni Univerity
Poetry read and paper presented on Pulgis Andriušis.
Klaipėda: University Library
Poetry reading and same paper presentation .
International University
Poetry reading and workshop in English
Taravos Anikes restaurant - Poetry reading.
Skuodas: City Library - Poetry reading Presented CD
Vilnius: Writers Union Centre
Poetry reading and CD launch with Japanese flute
(Gediminas Sederevičius).Paper presentation on Pulgis Andriušis
with literary critics Dr. Regimantas Tamošaitis & Ramutė Dragentytė
Venclova Museum
Poetry reading for Tomas Venclova’s 70th birthday
October: Tauragnai: City Hall
Paper presentation on Pulgis Andriušis.
Vilnius: Čiurlionis House
Poetry reading with Japanese flute:G.Sederevičius with literary
critic Ramutė Dragentytė and Vaiva Bylaitytės introduction
Vilnius University
Poetry reading and discussion with students
Druskininkai: The Poetry Fall Festival
Poetry reading: CD launch with Japanese flute:G.Sederavičius.
Please see further Review List in Lithuanian - Biography Section attachment.
Poetry in Translation: Anthologies Magazines & Internet
Bulgarian:
XX Century Lithuanian Anthology of Poetry
(translator:Aksinia Mihailova),
Bulgaria – 2007
www.liternet.bg/publish21/1_shimkute/kratko_1.htm
(translator
Aksinia Mihailova)
2007
German:
Facetten
(Literary Year Book of Linz).
(translator:Christian Loidl),
Linz, Austria – 2007
Podium
(translator: Bernhard Widder).
Vienna, Austria –
No 145/146, 2007
Italian: Quel Sussurro de Nordiche Erbe – Antalogia della Poesia Lituana Contemporanea
(Anthology
of Contemporary Lithuanian Poetry)
(translators:
B.Ciplijauskaitė
& E.Coco)
– Levante Editori – Bari,
2006 In Forma di Parole – Mappa Della poesia lituana
del
secondo Novecento– numero primo, La Quarta Serie
(translator: Pietro U.Dini)
– Bolognia, 2006.
Japanese:
Ravine -
(translator:
Koichi Yakushigawa),
163,164,Kyoto, Japan,
2007
http://homepage2.nifty.com/4-kansai/kokusaikouryuu/Lidija.htm.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/4-kansai/honyakusi/Lidija%Simkutepoem.htm
http://homepage2.nifty.com/4-kansai/
International
Exchange Program (translator: Koichi
Yakushigawa)
Russian:
reading in St. Peterburg
(translator
Vitalij Asovskij),
June, 2007.
German: Facetten – 2007Year Book (translator Christian Loidl ), Linz Austria, 2007.
Podium- (translator Bernhard Widder) Vienna, Austria, Nr 145/146, 2007.
Author’s Translations
J.M. Coetzee: Nobel Lecture: He and His Man, Naujoji Romuva, No.1, 2007
Constantine Kaukias IHOS
Opera “Olegas”
(for O.Truchanas) libretto translation
commission – First Act, 2007.performed in Hobart, Tasmania
Please see Author’s CV in Biographies section for Information re Essay Publications as well as Poetry Reviews, Interviews & essays about author and her works.