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AUTHORS Danute Bindokas Marija Gimbutas Anastazija and Antanas Tamosaitis Nora Burba Trulsson Stanley Vanagunas Hypatia Yčas-Petkus K. Paul Zygas |
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Danute Bindokas is an author, a journalist, and the current managing editor of the Lithuanian-language daily newspaper "Draugas" published in Chicago. We want to bring to your attention her work written especially for Lithuanians living abroad and all English-speakers interested in the Lithuanian culture. This book is completely bilingual: it has side-by-side English and Lithuanian texts. It costs $18.00. You can get ordering information and read selected parts of the book at
javlb.org/educat/tradicijos/.
Lithuanian Customs and Traditions, 3rd edition, Lithuanian World Community, Inc., Chicago.
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Marija Gimbutas studied Baltic archaeology, languages, folklore, folk-art, and ancient religion at the University of Vilnius in Lithuania; and European archaeology and ethnology at the universities of Vienna, Innsbruck, and Tuebingen. In 1950, she was appointed a Research Fellow in East European archaeology at Harvard University, later becoming Lecturer in Anthropology there. In 1963 Marija was invited to teach at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she remained as a full professor until her retirement in 1989 as Professor Emeritus of Archaeology. In June of 1993, Marija received an honorary doctorate at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. She died in Los Angeles on February 2, 1994. A collection of her books, manuscripts, and memorabilia are preserved at the Joseph Campbell & Marija Gimbutas Library on the campus of Pacifica Graduate Institute, just south of Santa Barbara, California. A short list of her publications is given below, a more complete list can be accessed through the link provided.
The Balts, Ancient Peoples and Places, vol. 33, Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, N.Y., 1963. The Slavs, Ancient Peoples and Places, vol 74, Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, N.Y., 1971. The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC, University of California Press, 1982. The Language of the Goddess, Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1989. The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe, Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1991. Links: life and work, bibliography, Gimbutas library collection
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| Anastazija Tamosaitis was born in Vainutas, Lithuania, on September 9, 1910. After graduating from the Women's Fine Art School in Kaunas in 1931, she conducted courses in weaving all over Lithuania in 1932-42 and in Freiburg, Germany, in 1946-48. She studied weaving in Sweden in 1937 and in Austria in 1945-46. In 1948 she moved to Montreal, Canada, where she founded her own weaving and tapestry studio. Two years later she moved her studio to Kingston, Ontario. Anastazija is world reknown as a designer, teacher, and weaver of tapestries and Lithuanian national costumes. She exhibited her work in Europe and the Americas, and has earned numerous prestigous prizes for her work. Samples of her work are part of the museum collections in Canada and the U.S. The Lithuanian national costume she gave to princess Diana is now in the Buckingham palace. |
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Antanas Tamosaitis was born in Barzdai, Lithuania, on February 15, 1906. He graduated from the Fine Arts School of Kaunas in 1929 and lectured there for two years after his graduation. From 1931 to 1940 he was in charge of the folk art and domestic industry section of the Lithuania's Chamber of Agriculture. During the summers he organized expeditions into the countryside to collect folk art and to study the techniques of village weavers. He made an extensive study of the regional differences in Lithuanian dress and was instrumental in popularizing the idea of the Lithuanian national costume. After moving to Canada in 1949, he devoted himself to his own art and worked with oils, water colors, and lithography. He, with his wife Anastazija, were among the founding members of the Lithuanian Folk Art Institute, and published three important books on Lithuanian folk art.
Antanas and Anastazija Tamosaitis, Lithuanian National Costume, Lithuanian Folk Art Institute, Toronto, Canada, 1979. Antanas Tamosaitis, Lithuanian Easter Eggs, Lithuanian Folk Art Institute, Toronto, Canada, 1982. Anastazija and Antanas Tamosaitis, Lithuanian Sashes, Lithuanian Folk Art Institute, Toronto, Canada, 1983. Links: more about Antanas Tamosaitis
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Nora Burba Trulsson is a freelance writer and editor based in Scottsdale, Arizona. In the past, she has worked as an associate editor at Phoenix Magazine, as managing editor (and a member of the founding editorial staff) of Phoenix Home & Garden magazine, and as editor of Southwest Passages magazine. She is an author of a cookbook, co-author of 2 books on homes and gardens in the desert of the American Southwest, and one book on beautiful homes that also reflect an environmentally conscious lifestyle. Her freelance articles on architecture, landscape design, interiors, travel and lifestyle have appeared in Sunset, Garden Design, Arizona Highways, United Airlines Hemispheres, Landscape Architecture, Remodeling, Country Gardens, The Santa Fean, Native Peoples, The Arizona Republic and other publications. At present, Nora is the editor of Sources & Design, a quarterly trade publication for architects, interior designers, and landscape architects, and a contributing design editor for Phoenix Magazine. Nora can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].
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Living Homes: Sustainable Architecture and Design, Chronicle Books, 2001. (Available for $36.00 from amazon.com.)
The Royal Palms Cookbook, Sibling Press, 1996. Desert Southwest Gardens, Bantam Books, 1990. Desert Southwest, Bantam Books, 1987.
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Stanley Vanagunas studied economics, history and government at several Midwestern universities (Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan State). He was an Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Arizona from 1975-1982. In 1983 he joined Arkansas State University from which he retired in January of 2001 as a Professor of Public Administration, Emeritus. He can be reached at 520-743-0210 or via the internet at vanagas @qwest.net.
Prior to entering academics, Stanley worked for industry as well as government. Over the years, he has authored publications dealing with various issues in the administration of justice and of government generally. In the spring of 1989, just as Lithuania was about to re-declare its independence and begin the unraveling of the Soviet empire, he was a Fulbright Lecturer assigned to the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. He returned five years later to now the Republic of Lithuania, again on a Fulbright, and for a semester taught courses dealing with public finance and public administration in the college of economics of Vilnius University. One of Stanley's main scholarly interests during the past decade has been the transformation of the formerly communist regimes to democratic, market-based political economics. He speaks Lithuanian fluently, periodically visits Lithuania, and uses Lithuania's experience to derive general principles which help explain the problems and issues associated with this historic transformation of Eastern Europe. Here are several of his articles dealing with this theme: |
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Predestining Ineffectuality: Administrative Theory in the Early Soviet State," Transitions from Authoritarianism: The Role of Bureaucracy, R. Baker (ed.), Greenwood Press, due in 2001.
" Civil Service Reform in the Baltics," Comparative Civil Service Systems: Central and Eastern Europe, T. Verheijen and A. Kotchegura (eds.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1999, pp. 213-234. " The Influence of the Nomenklatura on Post-Soviet Administration," The International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1815-1839, 1995. " Budgeting During the Great Transformation," Public Budgeting and Finance, vol. 15, pp. 84-95, spring 1995.
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Hypatia Yčas-Petkus is the daughter of Martynas Yčas, Minister of Finance and Communications of Lithuania after World War I, and an author of a book of reminiscences of the events of her youth, the years of Lithuania's independence between the two World Wars. Her family's house in Kaunas was frequented by Lithuania's political and cultural elite and Hypatia, a keen observer of people and events, shares her memories and insights in a lively and visual style. The book, Springtime In Lithuania, is in English and is available from the author for $21.95: Hypatia Y. Petkus, 3213 Georgia Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110-2624. Springtime In Lithuania was awarded the prize for best biography by the Press Women of New Mexico.
Springtime In Lithuania: Youthful Memories 1920-1940, Adams Press, Chicago. (ISBN 1-929612-19-2)
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K. Paul Zygas studied the history of art and architecture at Harvard and Cornell and is currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Studies Coordinator in the School of Architecture at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Paul can be reached at (480) 965-6462 or [email protected]. Here is a list of his latest publications on Lithuanian topics in English:
" Those Magnificent Men in their Winged Armor," Lithuanian Heritage Magazine, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 6-11, July/August 2000. " The Spirit of Austerity and the Materials of Opulence: Architectural Sources of St. Casimir's Chapel in Vilnius ," Journal of Baltic Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 5-43, Spring 2000. " Rembrandt's "Lithuanian Rider"?," Lithuanian Heritage Magazine, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 6-10, 31, May/June 1999. " The Black Knight - The Parade Armor of Mikalojus Radvilas "the Black"," Lithuanian Heritage Magazine, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 10-13, 28, Sept./Oct. 1998. " The Gold Coinage of Lithuania - An Introduction," Lithuanian Heritage Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 12-14, March/April 1998. " Dogma, Art and Politics: Roman Aspects of St. Casimir's Chapel in Vilnius," Journal of Baltic Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 175-212, Fall 1996. " The Bajorai of Lithuania: An Overview," Bridges, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 19-24, Nov. 1996. |
Winged husar. |
Rembrandt's rider. |
Black knight. |
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BOOKS Links: List of available new and used books on pre-20th century Lithuanian history in various languages. List of books on Lithuania in English (1921-1990). |
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PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS Bridges, Lithuanian-American News Journal, 1927 West Boulevard, Racine, WI 53403. Bridges is an English-language publication and is published 10 times per year. The subscription rate is $18.00 annually to U.S. residents. Visit the Bridges home page , it contains on-line issues of Bridges back to the year 1998. |
| Draugas is a Lithuanian language daily newspaper, published six times per week by the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society, 4545 W. 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 606029-5589. Annual subscription rate is $100.00 in the U.S. Website: www.draugas.org |
| Eglute, Lithuanian-Language Magazine for Children. It is a publication of the Lithuanian Educational Council of the U.S.A., Inc., 13648 Kickapoo Trail, Lockport, IL 60441. Eglute is published monthly except in July and August. Annual subscription rate is $15.00. Visit the Eglute home page , it contains on-line issues of Eglute back to the year 1998. Reading Eglute on-line requires a Baltic font such as Times New Roman Baltic. |
| Journal of Baltic Studies is published quarterly by the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. Annual subscription rate is $70.00, $25.00 for full-time students, and $35.00 for emeritus members. Write to: AABS Business Office, 3465 E. Burnside Street, Portland, OR 97214-2050. Visit the AABS home page. |
| Lithuanian Heritage Magazine is published six times per year by Baltech Publishing, P.O. Box 225, Lemont, IL 60439-0225. Annual subscription rate is $29.95 in the U.S. For additional information and subscription forms, visit the Lithuanian Heritage Magazine home page. |
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ONLINE PUBLICATIONS Rytis Ambrazevicius, Lithuanian Roots: an overview of Lithuanian traditional culture , available from the Lithuanian Folk Culture Center.
Paulius Jurkus (project manager),
Anthology of Lithuanian Ethnoculture, available from the
Lithuanian Folk Culture Center. Contents: Folklore, Songs, Music, Dance, Traditions, Folk Knowledge, Folk Art, National Costume,Traditional Foods, Religion and Mythology.
Juozas Kudirka,
The Lithuanians: an ethnic portrait, available from the
Lithuanian Folk Culture Center.
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| lithaz.org: Internet home of Arizona Chapter of Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. |