KRISTINA UŽĖNAITĖ (EN)

„Life is not a movie – there won’t be a second take“

KRISTINA UŽĖNAITĖ
Actress, painter, writer

She acts in films and TV commercials – for both Lithuanian and international filmmakers;
Participates in exhibitions and is the illustrator of several books;
Takes part in concerts and literary meetings, both as a guest and host.

She is the author of numerous works and publications found in prestigious libraries, including: Bodleian Library at Oxford University, Cambridge University Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, Trinity College Dublin
In Lithuania: National Martynas Mažvydas Library, Vilnius Adomas Mickevičius Public Library and others.

Her work has been translated into Bulgarian, English, Italian, and German, and published in Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, USA, Pakistan, and India.
She has participated in many festivals, including Poetry Spring, Vilnius Culture Night and others.

P U B L I C A T I O N S

LITHUANIA

Author of the poetry collection Na strunach duszy (Vilnius, 2018);

Daily newspaper Kurier Wileński;

Vilnius Family Calendar – Kalendarz Rodziny Wileńskiej for 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022;

Weekly Tygodnik Wileńszczyzny – “Pegaz” section;

Anthology W zakolu Wilii, ed. Józef Szostakowski (Vilnius, 2016);

Anthology Polska Pogoń Poetycka, eds. Halina Turkiewicz, Jadwiga Podmostko, Aleksander Sokołowski, Aleksander Śnieżko, Wiaczesław Zienkiewicz, published by the National Association of Polish Writers in Lithuania (Vilnius, 2019).

POLAND

Newspaper Powiat Słupski;

International anthology Świat idzie inną drogą, ed. Zbigniew Babiarz Zych (Słupsk, 2016);

Anthology Wykrzesać iskrę, ed. Z. Babiarz Zych, published by Słupsk County Authority (2019);

Warsaw magazine Praski Świerszcz, ed. Jacek Czajka (2016);

Poetry volume Poezja dzisiaj – 20th anniversary and 11th Slavic Poetry Festival, ed. Aleksander Nawrocki, Nos. 131/132 (Warsaw, 2018);

Baltic States anthology Mosty, ed. A. Nawrocki, published by IBIS (Warsaw, 2019);

International anthology Metafora Współczesności (2017 and 2018), ed. Alicja Maria Kuberska;

Poetry collections Tomik poezji kresowej – 23rd, 24th, and 25th festivals, under honorary patronage of Polish President Andrzej Duda, published by Mrągowo City and the Society of Friends of Vilnius and Vilnius Region (Mrągowo, 2017–2019);

International anthology Silva Rerum II, ed. Adam Gabriel Grzelązka, published by DOBROTA (Konin, 2022);

International anthology Mundus Poeticus, ed. Agnieszka Dyszak, published by Ridero (2022).

GERMANY

Polish-German anthology Ulotność chwili / Die Flüchtigkeit des Augenblicks, ed. Barbara Orlowski, published by international poetry group “Mango,” Krefeld (2023);

UKRAINE

Magazine Nasze drogi of the Federation of Polish Organizations in Ukraine (2018).

UNITED KINGDOM

Anthology Shades of Polish Poetry 1918–2018, published on the occasion of Poland’s 100th anniversary of independence, special edition featuring authors writing between 1918–2018, ed. Irena Ewa Idzikowska, Puffin Print Limited, UK (2018).