Alfonsas Bukontas

Alfonsas Bukontas (born September 11, 1941) is a Lithuanian poet, translator, publicist.

His Jewish parents were killed during the Holocaust and he was saved by the family of Marija and Jeronimas Bukontas, peasants of the village, Mažeikiai district, recognized among the Lithuianian Righteous Among the Nations in 1995. His father was arrested in 1945 and died in a labor camp in 1948. Alfonsas and his mother went into hiding and avoided deportation. His collection of poems Dapšiu kelio zlatvyslės ("Bog Lights of the Dapšiai Road") is reminiscences associated with the village.

In 1964 he graduated in Lithuanian philology from the Vilnius University. After that he worked as a teacher, in various publishing outlets, and edited some magazines. His poems were translated in several languages.