The Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts honors achievements in Lithuanian culture and arts. It is traditionally awarded on February 16, commemorating the Act of Independence of Lithuania. The awards are conferred by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture.

1989 Jonas Juškaitis – poet, Algirdas Martinaitis – composer, Šarūnas Sauka – painter, Kornelijus Matuzevičius – film director, Henrikas Šablevičius – movie director, Čiurlionis String Quartet, performers: Rimantas Šiugždinis – 1st violin, Saulius Kiškis – 2nd violin, Aloyzas Grižas – alto, Saulius Lipčius – cello.

1990 Julius Juzeliūnas – composer, Kazys Napoleonas Kitkauskas – architect, Algirdas Steponavičius – painter, Zita Žemaitytė – art critic, Romualdas Požerskis – photographer.

1991 Vytautas Bložė – poet, Jeronimas Kačinskas – composer, Gediminas Karalius – sculptor, Bronius Radzevičius (posthumous) – writer, Povilas Ričardas Vaitekūnas – painter.

1992 Valentinas Antanavičius – painter, Kazys Bradūnas – poet, Vladas Drėma – art critic, Petras Geniušas – pianist, Arvydas Šliogeris – philosopher.

1993 Petras Bingelis – choir conductor, Viktorija Daujotytė – literary critic, Vytautas Kavolis – sociologist, Vytautas Kašuba – sculptor, Laimonas Noreika – actor

1994 Sigitas Geda – poet, Gintaras Rinkevičius – conductor, Algirdas Dovydėnas – painter, Regimantas Midvikis – painter, Algirdas Žebrauskas – architect, Ričardas Krištopavičius – architect, Arūnas Sakalauskas – painter, Rimas Tuminas – theatre director.

1995 Aleksandras Macijauskas – photographer, Raimundas Katilius – violinist, Bronius Kutavičius – composer, Algirdas Petrulis – painter, Vytautas Šerys – painter, Jonas Mekas – movie director, Antanas Rubšys – translator.

1996 Osvaldas Balakauskas – composer, Stanislovas Kuzma – sculptor, Valentinas Masalskis – actor, Vladimiras Prudnikovas – opera vocal soloist, Jonas Strielkūnas – poet, Eglė Špokaitė – ballet dancer, Vytautas Valius – painter.

1997 Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (birth name Alfonsas Cipkus) – poet and writer, Onutė Narbutaitė – composer, Petras Repšys – painter, Juozas Erlickas – writer, Anatolijus Šenderovas – composer, Rūta Ibelhauptienė and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas – piano duo, Eimuntas Nekrošius – theatre director.

1998 Vidmantas Bartulis – composer, Feliksas Jakubauskas – painter, Algimantas Kunčius – photographer, Marcelijus Martinaitis – poet, Donatas Sauka – writer, Aldona Šaltenienė – painter, Alfredas Bumblauskas – historian, Algimantas Galinis – TV director, Edvardas Gudavičius – historian, Albertas Žostautas – editor.

1999 Jūratė Onaitytė – actress, Donaldas Kajokas – poet, Kęstutis Pempė – architect, Gytis Ramunis – architect, Augustinas Savickas – painter, Linas Leonas Katinas – painter, Mindaugas Navakas – sculptor, Albertas Zalatorius – literary critic, Saulius Sondeckis – artistic director and conductor of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Ona Narbutienė – musicologist.

2000 Eugenijus Cukermanas – painter, Dalia Kasčiūnaitė – painter, Romualdas Granauskas – writer, Tomas Venclova – writer, Nijolė Miliauskaitė – writer, Irena Milkevičiūtė – opera vocal soloist, Juozas Domarkas – conductor of the Lithuanian National Symphonic orchestra, Vladas Bagdonas – actor, Adomas Jacovskis – painter.

2001 Leonardas Gutauskas – writer, Šarūnas Bartas – movie director, Justinas Marcinkevičius – poet, Feliksas Bajoras – composer, Violeta Urmana – opera singer, Leonoras Vytautas Strioga – sculptor, Stasys Eidrigevičius – painter, Donatas Katkus – conductor, musicologist, Kostas Smoriginas – actor.

2002 Robertas Antinis – sculptor, Petras Vyšniauskas – jazz saxophonist, Oskaras Koršunovas – theatre director, Jurgis Juozapaitis – composer, Arvydas Každailis – painter, Audrius Stonys – movie director, Jonas Mikelinskas – writer, Kornelijus Platelis – writer, David Geringas – cellist.

2003 Algimantas Jonas Kuras – painter, Jonas Dainius Aleksa – conductor, Vytautas Juozapaitis – opera singer, Vytautas Barkauskas – composer, Antanas Jonynas – writer, Petras Dirgėla – writer, Bitė Vilimaitė – writer, Antanas Sutkus – photographer, Jonas Vaitkus – theatre director.

2004 Ona Baliukonė – writer, Sigitas Parulskis – writer, Jūratė Paulėkaitė – scenographer, Petras Mazūras – sculptor, Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis – silk-screen artist, Rytis Mažulis – composer, Sigutė Stonytė – opera singer, Stanislovas Žvirgždas – photographer, Vilnius State quartet performers: Audronė Vainiūnaitė, 1st violin, Artūras Šilalė, 2nd violin, Girdutis Jakaitis, alto, Augustinas Vasiliauskas, cello.

2005 Gintaras Varnas – theatre director, Laima Oržekauskienė – textile artist, Juozas Aputis – writer, Jurga Ivanauskaitė – writer, Ksenija Jaroševaitė – sculptor, Vytautas Laurušas – composer, Aidas Marčėnas – poet, Arūnas Matelis – movie director, Robertas Šervenikas – conductor.

2006 Saulius Juškys – architect, Kęstutis Navakas – writer and poet, Nijolė Lukšionytė-Tolvaišienė – architectural historian, Vytautas Balčytis – photographer, Jonas Vytautas Bruveris – musicologist, Rimvydas Kepežinskas – calligrapher and graphic artist, Mūza Rubackytė – pianist, Rimantas Sakalauskas – sculptor and ceramics artist Algirdas Vizgirda – flutist.

2007 Vytautas Kernagis – artist and musician, Alfonsas Andriuškevičius – art critic, Šarūnas Nakas – composer, Vytautas Paukštė – actor, Nomeda Urbonienė and Gediminas Urbonas – artists, Zinaida Nagytė-Katiliškienė (Lūnė Sutema) – poet.

2008 Antanas Gailius – poet and translator, Vanda Juknaitė – writer, Regina Rūta Staliliūnaitė Matulionienė – actress, Deimantas Narkevičius – media artist, Veronika Povilionienė – singer, Raminta Šerkšnytė – composer.

2009 Almantas Grikevičius – movie director, Jonas Rimgaudas Jurašas – theater director, Romualdas Rakauskas – photographer, Marija Matušakaitė – art critic, Ramutė Skučaitė – writer, Rolandas Kazlas – actor.

2010 Virgilijus Noreika – singer, Icchokas Meras – writer, Vaclovas Augustinas – composer and conductor, Rolandas Rastauskas – writer, Povilas Mataitis and Dalia Lidija Mataitienė – theater director and theater artist, Jonas Paulius Gasiūnas – painter.

2011 Vytautas Arūnas Žebriūnas – film director, Algimantas Aleksandravičius – photographer, Vytautas Landsbergis – musicologist, Kęstutis Grigaliūnas – visual artist, Henrikas Algis Čigriejus – writer, Asta Krikščiūnaitė – singer.

2012 Vladas Vildžiūnas – sculptor, Kęstutis Nastopka – literary critic, Vitalijus Mazūras – scenographer, Eugenijus Miliūnas – architect, Žilvinas Kempinas – visual artist, Modestas Pitrėnas – conductor.

2013 Donatas Banionis – actor, Faustas Latėnas – composer, Giedrius Kuprevičius – composer, Vladas Braziūnas – writer, Juozas Budraitis – actor, Jonas Gricius – cinematographer.

2014 Regimantas Adomaitis – actor, Jakovas Grigorijus Kanovičius – writer, Rolandas Palekas – architect, Nelė Savičenko – actress, Eimutis Valentinas Sventickas – writer, critic, Algirdas Šeškus – photo artist.

2015 Algirdas Jonas Ambrazas – musicologist, Leopoldas Digrys – musician, Dainius Gavenonis – actor, Giedra Radvilavičiūtė – writer, – sculptor, Birutė Žilytė-Steponavičienė – graphic artist.

2016 Audrius Ambrasas – architect, Vytautas Anužis – actor, Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Vladimiras Tarasovas, Vladimiras Čekasinas – Jazz musicians, Rūta Katiliūtė – painter, Gytis Lukšas – director, Valdas Papievis – writer.

2017

Eglė Gabrėnaitė – actor Justė Gintvilė Janulytė – composer Danutė Dalia Kunickienė – writer Gintaras Makarevičius – scenographer Svajonė and Paulius Stanikai – visual artists Gintautas Trimakas – photographer

2018 Vytautas Martinkus – writer Mirga Gražinytė – conductor Marius Ivaškevičius – writer Audrius Kemežys – cinematographer Darius Meškauskas – actor Artūras Raila – visual artists

2019 Algimantas Puipa – film director Saulius Šaltenis – writer Asmik Grigorian − opera soloist Zita Bružaitė – composer Viktorija Kuodytė − actor Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė − artist Vaiva Grainytė − artist Lina Lapelyte − artist

2020 Nacionalinių kultūros ir meno premijų komisija - cinematographer - writer - musicologist - actress - architect - artist

2021

- actor - art critic Vytautas Miškinis - choir conductor, composer - photographer - creator of interdisciplinary art - ethnomusicologist

2022 The winners were announced on December 12. The selection was made from 30 nominations shortlisted to 12.Gruodžio 12 d. paskelbti 2022-ųjų Lietuvos nacionalinių kultūros ir meno premijų laureatai, pranešė Kultūros ministerija. Kazimieras Saja, writer, "for hunting "mammoths" in theater and prose" Mantas Kvedaravičius, posthumously, for his documentaries , poet, "for the classical gene in contemporary poetry" , opera singer, "for his successful creative activities promoting the Lithuanian singing school on world stages" Žibuoklė Martinaitytė-Rosaschi, composer, "for the depth of light and darkness in contemporary music" Giedrė Žickytė, film director, "for a vigorous and impressive creative leap"

References

External links Laureates list at Lithuanian Culture Ministry website List of Prize Recipients Website of Lithuanian Professional Writers. Accessed August 26, 2007