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Sigitas Geda

1943 - 2008

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Sigitas Geda (full name - Sigitas Zigmas Geda; 4 February 1943 – 12 December 2008) was a Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright, essayist, critic and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sąjūdis, and of the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sigitas Geda is the 6,080th most popular writer (up from 6,095th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Lithuania and the 23rd most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sigitas Geda ranks 6,080 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary Lamb, Antonín Sova, Manuel Rojas, David Simon, Hugh Blair, and Waleed Al-Husseini. After him are Nalini Bala Devi, Mikhail Svetlov, Wallace Stegner, Ralph Giordano, Karin Slaughter, and José Burgos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Sigitas Geda ranks 629. Before him are Vladimir Fedotov, Paul Corkum, Hugh Wilson, Jonathan Lynn, Edmund Bruggmann, and Tony Esposito. After him are Roy Estrada, Wolfgang Scheidel, Nicolae Pescaru, Masushi Ouchi, Ignacio Calderón, and James Herbert. Among people deceased in 2008, Sigitas Geda ranks 336. Before him are Marilyn Ferguson, Sam Tingle, Bjørn Paulson, Tony Rolt, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, and Jeff Healey. After him are Sam Bottoms, Judah Folkman, Gertrude Liebhart, Pauline Baynes, Randy Pausch, and Beatrice Ohanessian.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Sigitas Geda ranks 194 out of 328. Before him are Kęstutis Šapka (1949), Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), Albertas Šimėnas (1950), Violeta Urmana (1961), Edgaras Jankauskas (1975), and Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892). After him are Artūras Kasputis (1967), Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (1960), Robertas Žulpa (1960), Linas Antanas Linkevičius (1961), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), and Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Sigitas Geda ranks 23. Before him are Mordecai Kaplan (1881), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), Georgy Ivanov (1894), Petras Cvirka (1909), Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), and Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892). After him are Arvydas Juozaitis (1956).

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