 Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007) was a prose writer, essayist, playwright, painter and poet. In 1980 she graduated from M.K.Čiurlionis Art School. In 1985 she completed her studies at Vilnius Art Academy where she majored in the Graphic Arts and concurrently published her first book, a collection of short stories The Year of the Lilies of the Valley. Since then the writer has published seven novels, two fairy tales for children, a book of essays and two books of poetry. Books by J. Ivanauskaitė have been translated into the English, Latvian, Polish, Russian, German and other languages.
In 1994 Jurga Ivanauskaitė took her first trip to India and studied Buddhism at Dharamsala, gaining impetus to start a new page in her literary work. To compliment the impressions and experiences reflected in her essayistic writing, often of a mystical character, the writer gave exhibitions of her drawings and photography. In 1998 she gave an exhibition of drawings 108 Mandalas, and in 1999 a photography show Tibet – a Different Reality.
Authors' Voice Creativity is an opportunity to tear down the barriers that separate me from myself and from the universe, which has no limits. It is a way of comprehending all the planes of humanity and reality that allows you to acquire more and more inner and outer Freedom. Critics' Say Jurga Ivanauskaitė is a unique figure in the contemporary literature of the Baltic states [...].
Howard Jarvis. In: Central Europe Review, 10.7.2002 J. Ivanauskaitė is called the most provocative Lithuanian writer, however her innovations are not the end in itself, they are birthed from painful reactions to the poverty of social life and existential hopelessness (as in her collections “Pakalnučių metai” (The Year of the Lilies of the Valley) 1985 and “Kaip užsiauginti baimę” (How to Raise One’s Own Fear) 1989).
One of Ivanauskaite’s most important themes is the search for true love between men and women. (…) The author does not shy away from openly expressing feelings or describing shocking sex scenes, for which she has been condemned by the puritan public.
Loreta Mačianskaitė Ivanauskaitė (b. 1961) creates work (…) with a new freedom, a resolve for a fledgeling Lithuanian literature, acting as an example. She is like no other author and no other author digresses so much from Lithuanian reality, even while connecting it with the present as she does in her novels.
Frankfurter Allgemeine With “The Witch and the Rain”, J. Ivanauskaitė has entered into world literature.
Kommune J. Ivanauskaitė is engaging in her storytelling style, creating images of strong women while at the same time not disparaging men, who are imagined like loved ones, with their own weaknesses and strengths, both grand and decaying – very human people of God with human desires.
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Bibliography Kaip Marsis žemėje laimės ieškojo (How Marsis Searched for Happiness on Earth) : [fairy-tale]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2004. 58 pp.
Kelionių alchemija (The Alchemy of Travelling) : [essay]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2003. 324 pp.
Kelionė į Šambalą (A Journey to Shambhala) : [essay]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1997. 388 pp.
Miegančių drugelių tvirtovė (The Fortress of Dormant Butterflies) : [novel]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2005. 438 pp.
Pakalnučių metai (The Year of the Lilies of the Valley) : [short stories]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2003. 169 pp. 2nd edition
Placebas (Placebo) : [novel]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2003. 386 pp.
Prarasta pažadėtoji žemė (The Lost Promised Land) : [a cultural study on Tibet]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1999. 360 pp.
Ragana ir lietus (The Witch and the Rain) : [novel]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2002. 351 pp. 3rd edition
Sapnų nublokšti (Gone with the Dreams) : [novel]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2000. 518 pp.
Tibeto mandala (The Mandala of Tibet) : [trilogy]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2004. 701 pp.
Švelnūs tardymai (Tender Interrogations) : [interview]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2005. 304 pp.
Pakalnučių metai (The Year of the Lilies of the Valley): [short stories]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1985
Mėnulio vaikai (The Children of the Moon): [novel]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1988
Kaip užsiauginti baimę (How to Raise One’s Own Fear): [short stories and novellas]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1989
Stebuklinga spanguolė (A Miraculous Cranberry): [a tale for children illustrated by the author]. Vilnius: Vyturys, 1991
Pragaro sodai (The Gardens of Hell): [novel]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1992
Agnijos magija (The Magic of Agnija): [novel]. Vilnius: Vaga, 1995
Ištremtas Tibetas (Tibet in Exile): [journalism]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 1996
Mėnulio vaikai (The Children of the Moon): [novel]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2004. 2nd edition
Šokis dykumoje (Dance in the Desert): [poems]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2004
Agnijos magija (The Magic of Agnija): [novel]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2006. 2nd edition
Odė džiaugsmui (Ode to Joy): [poems]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2007
Viršvalandžiai (Overtime): [essays]. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2007
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