Vanda Juknaitė

Vanda Juknaitė (born 28 November 1949) is a Lithuanian writer, playwright and essayist.

Biography Juknaitė was born in Papiliai in the Rokiškis District Municipality of northeastern Lithuania. After studying Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University, she taught first at the Klaipeda Conservatory and, from 1975, at the University of Educational Science. She has worked in the area of social pedagogy dealing with homeless, disabled and street children.

Works Ugniaspalvė lapė, novella and short stories – Vilnius: Vaga, 1983 Šermenys, novel – Vilnius: Vaga, 1990 Stiklo šalis, story – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 1995; Alma littera, 2012 Šermenys, drama – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2000, 2001 Išsiduosi, essays, interviews – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2002 Saulėlydžio senis: Romualdo Granausko, creative interpretations / together with Elena Nijole Bukeliene. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2004 Tariamas iš tamsos, interviews with children – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2007, 2012 Ponios Alisos gimtadienis, two plays – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2010

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