Alfredas Guščius – literary critic and researcher.
He was born 13 September, 1940 in Mardosai, Plungė district.
In 1955 he finished eight grades at Plungė Secondary school, in 1955-1957 he studied at Craft school in Klaipėda. From 1957 till 1961 he worked at “Pergalė” factory and studied at 8th Secondary Youth school in Kaunas. In 1968 he finished his studies of Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University. He worked at Social Research Laboratory at Vilnius University and as a literature consultant at Lithuanian Writers’ Union. He also worked at editorial offices of “Literatura ir menas”, “Logos”, “Komjaunimo tiesa” and “Pozicija”. From 1973 till 1975 he was in charge of Vilnius Young Writers section. In 1993 he was accepted into European Catholic Ecumenism Forum. A member of social movement “Stabdyk nusikalstamumą” since 1997. From 1996 till 2007 he was an editor of “Lazdynų žiedas”.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1977.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Tiesės ir zigzagai: collection of articles. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1976.
Kintantis prozos pasaulis: collection of articles. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1985.
Братства широкие крылья: short stories. – Vilnius: Vyturys, 1986.
Kol Nemunas bus…: book about Paulis Širvys (together with F. Jakubausku). – Vilnius: Pozicija, 1991.
Vienam glėby…: recollection in prose and poems. – Vilnius: Lumen, 1992.
Trečioji ir ketvirtoji religijos, filosofijos ir bažnytinio meno studijų savaitės, 1991–1992: collection of articles (together with D.M. Stančienė). – Vilnius: „Lumen“ fondo leidykla, 1994.
Ieškau Konstantos: essays, critics, journalism, poems. – Vilnius: Kriventa, 2000.
Po aukštu dangum: Vytautas Bubnys life and works: monograph sketch. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2007.
Plastėk, širdie!: lyrical diary of a critic. – Vilnius: Žuvėdra, 2010.
Kartu, bet – vienas…: monograph study about Vladislovas Blinstrubas life and works. – Vilnius: Homo liber, 2012.
Savistaba ir nuostaba: look of writers on themselves and others. – Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2014.
Apsvaigęs būtimi: lyrical diary of a critic. – Vilnius: Homo liber, 2015.

D r e w   u p :
Lazdynai – mūsų namai: publication for the 40 years anniversary of Lazdynai district (together with P. Žiupsnys). – Vilnius: Lazdynų bendruomenės klubas “Lazdynų senjorai”: Lazdynų bendruomenės savivaldija, 2010.

A w a r d s :
2015 Jurgis Buitkus literary award.