Neringa Dangvydė

Neringa Dangvydė was the pen name of Neringa Macatė (previously Mikalauskienė) (6 April 1975 – 21 March 2020), a Lithuanian writer, poet, book illustrator, and literary critic. She is best known as the author of two children's books. Her debut book, Amber Heart, was published in 2013 and caused public controversy because it depicted same-sex relationships in a positive light. Dangvydė sued Lithuania for imposing limits on the distribution of the book at the European Convention on Human Rights. In January 2023, the case was ruled in her favor.

Biography Neringa Dangvydė was born in Vilnius, but spent her childhood and youth in Alytus, where she graduated from the 9th secondary school and an art school. She went to study philosophy at Vilnius University but quickly switched to literary studies.

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