Juozas Marcinkevičius – poet, playwright.
He was born 1 January, 1946 in Geruliai, Prienai district.
In 1968 he finished Kaunas Medical Institute. He worked at a hospital and later at the Committee of National Radio and Television as well as at editorial offices of “Nemunas”, “Mūsų gamta”, “Kauno tiesa” and “Viltis”.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1970.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Rudens šalys: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1969.
Kai riestainiais lijo: play. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1974.
Čičinskas: poetry. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1976.
Miško pasakos: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1977.
Bronzos amžius: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1978.
Keistuolių akademija: plays. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1980.
Juokų diena: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1981.
Žemaitis, valdovė, inspektorius ir kiti: play. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1982.
Buvimas: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1983.
Saulė ir jos žemė: poetry. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1985.
Paukščių ir žmonių lizdai: plays. – Vilnius, 1986.
Mirties pokeris: adventures of spec. agent of AMVC. – Kaunas: Europa, 1995.
Mirtis nebūna atsitiktinė: short stories and novellas. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1995.
Millenium: poems. – Kaunas: Kauno medicinos universiteto Spaudos ir leidybos centras, 2003.
Melagių saloje: adventures of prince, bosun and cabin boy: adventure tales. – Vilnius: Vaga, 2005.
…neleisk numirti vasarą…: several lives and one nothingness: short stories. – Vilnius: Vaga, 2006.
Ruduo. Rugsėjis. Rūdys…: collection of poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 2007.

A w a r d s :
1987 Borisas Dauguvietis award for the book “Paukščių ir žmonių lizdai”.
1997 Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.