Vydas Astas (real name: Tautvydas Galinis) – prose writer.
He was born on 19 October, 1948 in Vilnius.
In 1972 he graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University and worked as an engineer. He writes different prose: short stories, novellas, novels. He lives in Birštonas.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1981.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Namų šiluma: short stories. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1975.
Kaip lengva būti savimi: short stories. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1980.
Tik svajotojai: short stories. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1988.
Perkūno ir velnio brolystė: fairy tale. – Vilnius: Kentauras, 1992.
Aklavietė: novel. – Vilnius: Kentauras, 1999, 2001, 2003.
Draudžiama meilė: novel. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2002.
Lietuvos tilto atsiminimai: play. – Vilnius: Kronta, 2003.
Žalgiris: a photo album and saga. – Vilnius: Kronta, 2006.
Pilėnai: saga. – Vilnius: Kronta, 2009.
Rytmečio šviesa: short stories: – Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2009.
Amžinoji kryžkelė: novel. – Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2013.

T r a n s l a t i o n s   f r o m   R u s s i a n :
L. Bereslavskis. Logikos uždaviniai: vaikams nuo 5 iki 9 metų: figūrų santykis. – Vilnius: Kentauras, 1998.

A w a r d s :
1974, 1978 Prize of magazine “Švyturys” for the best short story of the year.
1986 Prize of “Nemunas” for the best publication of the year.
2002 Lithuanian State and Mindaugas Coronation Aniversarie of 750 literature competition prize for the play “Lietuvos tilto atsiminimai”.