Tomas Venclova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tomas Venclova

Lithuanian writer

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1937

Place of Birth: Klaipėda, Klaipėda County, Lithuania

Profession: writer, poet, translator, university teacher, literary historian

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tomas Venclova (born 11 September 1937, Klaipeda) is a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature.
He is one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group.
In 1977, following his dissident activities, he was forced to emigrate and was deprived of his Soviet citizenship.
Since 1980 he has taught Russian and Polish literature at Yale University.
Considered a major figure in world literature, he has received many awards, including the Prize of Two Nations (received jointly with Czeslaw Milosz), and The Person of Tolerance of the Year Award from the Sugihara Foundation, among other honors.