Bitė Vilimaitė

Review

She was born into the family of a veterinarian in 1943. From 1960-1965 she studied Lithuanian language and literature at the Faculty of History and Philology of Vilnius University. Despite the usual canons of the genre, Vilimaitė immediately created a unique model of a short condensed short story, to which she remained faithful. She began to talentedly describe the little things that have accumulated a tremendous amount of mental energy, especially in a woman’s world. Vilimaitė was the first Lithuanian writer to cleverly ontologize everyday life, elevate the everyday detail to a metaphor or symbol, and show its beauty and value.

Justifications

• Bitė Vilimaitė is the brightest representative of a laconic short story.
• The main theme of her work is a woman and her destiny.
• The short stories avoid drama and painful things.

Biography

Bitė Vilimaitė is a famous Lithuanian writer born in 1943 in Lazdijai, although she spent a lot of time in Kaunas. Bitė Vilimaitė's parents were veterinarians. Bitė Vilimaitė did not follow her parents' path, and from a young age, she walked purposefully toward the way of a writer. Thus, Vilimaitė 1960 not only published her first works but at the same time entered Vilnius University, Faculty of History and Philology. Here she studied Lithuanian language and literature, graduating in 1965.

A year after graduation, Bitė Vilimaitė made her debut by writing a collection of short stories entitled "Grūdų miestelis". Bitė Vilimaitė also worked in the magazine Kinas while writing. For her merits and efforts, Bitė Vilimaitė 1971 already belonged to the Lithuanian Writers' Union and continued to actively create. From 1975 until 2003 Vilimaitė received five important awards for her literary activities and merits in this field. Writer Bitė Vilimaitė died in 2014 at the age of 71. 

Works

Bibliography

Jūratė Sprindytė, Vilimaitė, šaltiniai.lt 

http://www.xn--altiniai-4wb.info/index/details/1428 

Didactic approach

Lithuanian Literature.

Documents