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Dabrišius Gintautas

Photo by Benediktas Januševičius

Photo by Benediktas Januševičius

Gintautas Dabrišius – poet.
He was born 10 October, 1950 in Sarginė, Prienai district.
In 1965 he finished eight grades in Šilavotas Secondary school and then the chairman of collective farm send him to study beekeeping at Mičiurinas Gardening Technikum in Kaunas. In 1969-1971 he served in Soviet army. From 1971 he lived and worked in Kaunas. His debut was in 1975 in magazine “Jaunimo gretos”.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1990.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Vienplaukis prie plento: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1982.
Klevo obuoliai: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1986.
Baltasis slaptažodis: poetry for youth. – Vilnius: Vyturys, 1990.
Sunkiai kylanti antis: poems. – Kaunas: Nemunas, 1998.
Sviest akmenuką: poems. – Kaunas: Nemunas, 2005.
Ilga žuvis: poems. – Kaunas: Nemunas, 2007.
Joju vienas: poems. – Kaunas: Kauko laiptai, 2011.
Rinktiniai poems: Poezijos pavasario laureatų bibliotekėlė. – Kaunas: Naujasis lankas, 2012.
Ievų daina: poems. – Prienai: Aipek, 2013.
Upė Jekaterinai: poems. – Kaunas: Kauko laiptai, 2013.

A w a r d s :
1983 Zigmas Gėlė-Gaidamavičius award for the best poetry debut of the year.
2006 The Poetry Spring festival laureate for the book “Sviest akmenuką”.
2012 Salomėja Nėris award for the book “Joju vienas”.
2012 One Litas award for the book “Joju vienas”.
2014 Antanas Baranauskas literary award for poetry books “Joju vienas” and “Upė Jekaterinai”.