Erika Drungytė is a poet, literary critic and a translator. She studied philology at Klaipeda University and received her PhD in Humanities. She has worked as a lecturer of the history of Lithuanian literature at the University of Latvia. She is currently editor in chief of the literature and culture magazine "Nemunas".
Her poetry was first published in 1992; she was later awarded a national literature prize for best debut. Her latest collection of poems came out in 2015.
She has translated several Latvian poets and Māra Zālīte’s latest novel "Five Fingers" (Penki pirštai) into Lithuanian.
Penki pirkštai
Penki pirkštai (Pieci pirksti)
Title
: Penki pirkštaiTitle*
: Pieci pirkstiAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Lithuanian
Pages
:288
Year
:2016
Copyrights
:Māra Zālīte, Mansards
Synopsis
:Five fingers is fictionalised childhood memoir in which the author describes her family's return from Siberia in the 1950s.
Vienišieji
Vienišieji (Bezpiederīgie)
Title
: VienišiejiTitle*
: BezpiederīgieAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Poetry
Language
:Lithuanian
Publisher
:Nemunas, Lithuania
Pages
:Year
:2008
Copyrights
:Liāna Langa
Synopsis
:Poetry collection in Lithuanian of Latvian author Liāna Langa.
Kaip visuomet
Kaip visuomet (Pavasaris būs)
Title
: Kaip visuometTitle*
: Pavasaris būsAuthors
: , , , ,Translated by
:Genre
:Anthology
Language
:Lithuanian
Publisher
:Lithuanian Union of Writers, Lithuania
Pages
:208
Year
:2012
Copyrights
:Authors
Synopsis
:Selected poetry of contemporary Latvian authors in Lithuanian.
Rojaus paukščiai
Rojaus paukščiai (Paradīzes putni)
Title
: Rojaus paukščiaiTitle*
: Paradīzes putniAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Lithuanian
Publisher
:Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla
Pages
:375
Year
:2021
Copyrights
:author, publisher, translator
Synopsis
:The plot unfolds in the beginning of the 1960s when the main character, Laura, is ten years old and is forced to face all the realities of Soviet life – joining the pioneers, Communist political education, work on collective farm brigades.
