Nijolė Sadūnaitė (22 July 1938 – 31 March 2024) was a Lithuanian clandestine Catholic nun of the Soviet period who worked with the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania.Tapinas, Laimonas et al., eds. (1997) "Lietuvos katalikų bažnyčios kronika" (PDF) Žurnalistikos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian) Vilnius: Pradai pg 284 In 1975 she faced three years of imprisonment for her efforts. She spent time imprisoned in Mordovia and then in Boguchany. She reportedly faced a variety of abuses in this period, including torture."What Would the World Be Like Without Him?" by Robin Wright in the July 1994 Issue of The Atlantic She wrote A Radiance in the Gulag about her experiences.A review of "A Radiance in the Gulag" in the January 17, 1988 LA Times
In 2018, Sadūnaitė received the "Lithuanian Freedom Award". She was the first female in history to receive the award.
Sadūnaitė died on Easter Sunday, 31 March 2024, at the age of 85.
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External links LITHUANIANS RALLY FOR STALIN VICTIMS (by Bill Keller, 24 August 1987, The New York Times) Lithuania Rights Unit Protests to Gorbachev (The New York Times)