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Lena Eltang

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Lena Eltang


Born
in Leningrad, Russian Federation
August 29, 1964


Lena Eltang is a Russian poet, writer, translator, and journalist. Lives in Lithuania.

Born in Leningrad, she studied at the Faculty of Philology and Journalism at Irkutsk State University. In 1988 she left the USSR. She owes her surname to her Dane husband, and her name to life in Denmark: Elena is not there at all, but there is a popular name Lena. She also lived in Paris and London, and since 1991 with her husband in Vilnius.

Lena was professionally engaged in journalism and translation. In "big" literature she made her debut in 2003 with a collection of poems. In 2006, her first novel, The Escape of the Cumanist, was published, which was included in the “short list” of the Andrei Bely Prize and the “long list” of the National Literary Awa
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Каменные клены

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Картахена

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Побег Куманики

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Радин

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Другие барабаны

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Царь велел тебя повесить

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Камчатка полночь

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Пьяная гавань

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Catch a Tiger by the Toe

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“Kadangi, jeigu ką nors myli, tu matai, kas jame keista, ir jauti, kas klaiku, ir matai visą jo snūdų dumblą ir žalią dugno miglą, ir jame ankančią dieviškąją galią. Bet tu nebijai, visa, kas keista, tau atrodo paaiškinama, o kas klaiku - prijaukinta, ir jei esi klausiamas: kaip tu tai pakenti, ar tiesiog - kaip šitaip? - tu net ne iškart supranti, apie ką kalbama.”
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“Užmarštis - gynybinis sielos mechanizmas, kai kurie stiklai turi apsinešti suodžiais, kad galėtum neapakti žvelgdamas rytdienon.”
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