Jurgis Kunčinas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jurgis Kunčinas

Lithuanian writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1947

Place of Birth: Alytus, Alytus County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 13-Dec-2002

Profession: writer, poet, translator, author

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jurgis Kuncinas (13 January 1947 in Alytus, Lithuania – 13 December 2002) was a poet, novelist, and essayist.
His works, originally published in the Lithuanian language, have been translated into English, German, Russian, Estonian, Belarusian, Swedish, and Polish.Kuncinas received the Lithuanian Writers Union' prize in 1994 for the novel Tula, set largely in Vilnius's Užupis district.
His 1996 compilation of essays, Laba diena, pone Enrike!, received an award from the city of Vilnius.