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Ričardas Gavelis (official November 8, 1950; actual October 8, 1950 in Vilnius, Lithuania – August 18, 2002) was a writer, playwright, and journalist.

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Ričardas Gavelis
Born	October 8, 1950 Vilnius, Lithuania
Died	August 18, 2002(2002-08-18) (aged 51) Vilnius, Lithuania
Occupation	Novelist short story writer journalist

Life and career

Ričardas Gavelis graduated from Druskininkai high school in 1968. In 1973 he graduated with a degree in theoretical physics from Vilnius University. From 1973 to 1977 he worked at the physics institute of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.[1]

From 1978 to 1980 Gavelis worked in the editorial departments of the magazines Mokslas ir gyvenimas and Pergalė; from 1992 to 2002 he worked as a news analyst for the daily newspaper Respublika and the weekly Veidas.[2]

Gavelis was the author of Vilniaus pokeris (translated as Vilnius Poker) and several other novels and collections of short stories. His work is characterized by a mix of fantasy, eroticism, philosophical ponderings on the human condition, and psychological insight. Vilnius Poker, first published in 1989 and the most famous of his novels, deals with a mysterious force called "They" which Gavelis described in an interview as "a force within people that is responsible for the formation of totalitarian systems."[3] The story consists of the events of a single week in October told by four different narrators, one of them a dog.[4]

Along with Algimantas Puipa, Gavelis co-authored the screenplay for the film Forest of the Gods (2005), original title Dievų miškas, adapted from the novel of the same name by Balys Sruoga.[5]

Gavelis's works have been translated into English, Latvian, French, Polish, Finnish, German, Macedonian and Belarusian.

Bibliography

• Neprasidėjusi šventė, short stories, Vilnius: Vaga Publihers [lt], 1976
• Įsibrovėliai, short stories, Vilnius: Vaga, 1982
• Nubaustieji, short stories, Vilnius: Vaga, 1987
• Vilniaus pokeris, novel, Vilnius: Vaga, 1989
• Jauno žmogaus memuarai, novel, Vilnius: Vaga, 1991. - 140 p
• Vilniaus džiazas, novel, Vilnius: Vaga, 1993
• Paskutinioji žemės žmonių karta, novel, Vilnius: Vaga, 1995
• Taikos balandis, short stories, Vilnius: Alma littera, 1995. - 146 p.
• Prarastų godų kvartetas, novel, Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1997 - 228 p. ISBN 9986-16-071-5
• Septyni savižudybių būdai, novel, Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1999
• Sun–Tzu gyvenimas šventame Vlniaus mieste, novel, Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2002. - 290 p.

Translated into English:

• Handless and A Report on Ghosts, short stories, in Come Into My Time: Lithuania in Prose Fiction, 1970-90, ed. Violeta Kelertas. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1992, ISBN 978-0-252-06237-7
• Vilnius Poker, translation of Vilniaus pokeris. Rochester, NY: Open Letter Press, 2009. Translated by Elizabeth Novickas. ISBN 978-1-934824-05-4 Reissued in paperback by Pica Pica Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0996630429
• Memoirs of a Life Cut Short, translation of Jauno žmogaus memuarai. Glasgow: Vagabond Voices, 2018. Translated by Jayde Will. ISBN 978-1908251817
• Sun-Tzu's Life in the Holy City of Vilnius, translation of Sun-Tzu gyvenimas šventame Vlniaus mieste. Flossmoor, IL: Pica Pica Press, 2019. Translated by Elizabeth Novickas. ISBN 978-0996630436

Translated into French:

• Vilnius Poker, translation of Vilniaus pokeris, Arles : Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, 2014. Translated by Margarita Le Borgne. ISBN 979-1090724174

Translated into Macedonian:

• „Покер во Вилнус", translation of "Vilniaus pokeris", Antolog, 2013, ISBN 9786084507949

References

External links

• Vilnius Review
• Ričardas Gavelis
• Excerpt from Sun-Tzu's Life in the Holy City of Vilnius
• Lithuanian Culture Institute - Ričardas Gavelis
• Lithuanian Professional Writers - Ričardas Gavelis
• International Literature Festival Berlin

На других языках

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[ru] Гавялис, Ричардас

Ричардас Гавялис (лит. Ričardas Gavelis; 8 ноября 1950 (1950-11-08), Вильнюс — 18 августа 2002) — литовский писатель, драматург и журналист. По мнению Союза писателей Литвы, один из самых известных современных литовских писателей.[1]

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