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Marčėnas Rimantas

Rimantas Marčėnas – prose writer.
He was born 4 April, 1937 in Marijampolė.
He finished K. Donelaitis Secondary school in Klaipėda and in 1960 he finished his studies of history at Vilnius University. He gave lectures at Vilnius University, Kaunas Evening Faculty and later he was in charge of History Department at Vytautas Magnus University. In 2001-2006 he was in charge of Lithuanian language Department of Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Humanities. He has a Doctoral degree. His debut in cultural press was in 1967.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1992.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Šiaulių ekonomijos valstiečių sukilimas 1769 m.: monograph. – Vilnius: Mintis, 1969.
Išrinktoji gentis: novella and short stories, PK. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1985.
Išdraskytų lizdų gandrai: historical novel. – Kaunas: Šviesa, 1991.
Meilės blyksniai: short stories. – Kaunas: Slenksčiai, 1992.
Įbristi jaunystės upėn: novel. – Kaunas: Candela, 1996.
Lėtas skubėjimas pas Domą: novel. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2002.
Karūnos spindesio apakinti: novel. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2007.
Sosto papėdėje: novel. – Vilnius: Alma littera, 2009, 2010.
Gyvieji skydai: 7 short stories. – Kaunas: Kauno laiptai, 2015.

A w a r d s :
1967 Laureate of “Tiesa” short story contest.
1985 Winner of publishing house “Vaga” First Book Competition.
2010 Jonas Marcinkevičius literary award.
2012 Santaka Insignia of Honor (3rd degree).