Atgal

Panavas Petras

Petras Panavas – poet, prose writer, playwright.
He was born 6 September, 1933 in Vingriai, Ignalina district.
He finished Ignalina Secondary school, then worked at Culture House and did his military service. In 1964 he finished his extramural studies at Vilnius University, Faculty of History and Philology. He gave lectures on Lithuanian language and literature and history at Cirkliškis Agricultural Technikum in Švenčionys district. In 1972 he moved to Utena and worked as a teacher. His works have been included into almanacks “Poezijos pavasaris”, “Verdenė”, “Birželio sodai”, “Žiemos žodžiai” as well as various collections of poetry.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 1979.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Žemės tyla: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1973.
Po debesiu baltu: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1978.
Galulaukės mūsų banguotos: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1983.
Tarpežerių regėjimai: poems. – Vilnius: Vaga, 1991.
Dausojimai: poems. – Utena: Indraja, 1993.
Pabuvimas: poems. – Utena: Utenos spaustuvė, 1998.
Kokios gražios jūs iš nuotolio: poems. – Utena: Utenos spaustuvė, 2001.
Ateini, pareini, nueini…: poems. – Utena: Indra, 2002.
Daumantas: historical play. – Utena: Utenos spaustuvė, 2004.
Gandras neša Dionizą: poems for children. – Utena: Utenos Indra, 2007.
Sugrįžkit, gervelės…: poems for children. – Vilnius: „Diemedžio“ leidykla, 2008.
Praamžiaus paunksmėje: poems. – Utena: Kamonada, 2009.
Įkvėpimo auka: fragments of one life. – Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2010.
Tarp dviejų upynų: cantos and tales. – Utena: Utenos Indra, 2013.

D r e w   u p :
S. Karanauskas. Skiedryno dainos. – Utena: Utenos spaustuvė, 1997.
V. Panavas. Ilgesys. – Utena: Utenos spaustuvė, 1997.
V. Petronis. Saulėlydžio spalvos: poems. – Utena: Utenos spaustuvė, 2001.
Vėjas tarp sūpynių: works of young authors. – Utena: Utenos Indra, 2003.

T r a n s l a t i o n s   f r o m   U k r a i n i a n :
Už kalnelio, už miškelio: poems. – Vilnius: Vyturys, 1986.

A w a r d s :
2003 Antanas Miškinis award for poetry book “Ateini, praeini, nueini…”.
2004 Award of Mikas and Kipras Petrauskai.