Audronė Girdzijauskaitė (born March 18, 1938) is a Lithuanian writer, theater scholar, and art critic and historian, doctor of humanities.Girdzijauskaitė AudronėAudronė Girdzijauskaitė. Distant Voices: Portrait Outlines, book reviewAudronė Girdzijauskaitė, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
Audronė Girdzijauskaitė was born in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR. In 1963, she graduated from the State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS), Moscow.
Books She was an editor of a number of monographs in art and theatre history. Her own books include: Kazimiera Kymantaitė – Vilnius: Mintis, 1983. – About Kazimiera Kymantaitė, the first female Lithuanian stage director Atminties salos (Islands of Memory); book of memoirs. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2008. Laiškai žiūrovams – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2009. Nutolę balsai: portretų metmenys (Distant Voices: Portrait Outlines). – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2011. Ibsenas Lietuvos teatro veidrodyje (1918-1998) monograph. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2013. Vitalijaus Mazūro aukso amžius, about a painter, puppeteer, scenographer, director and his work. – Vilnius: Kultūros barai, 2015. Atminties šuliniai (Wells of Memory) (2020), biographical novelAtminties šuliniai @ goodreads
Awards and decorations 2011: The book Nutolę balsai entered the list of twelve most creative books of the year. 2018: Culture and Art Prize from the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 2024: Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to LithuaniaPrezidentūroje įteikti Valstybės apdovanojimai už nuopelnus Lietuvai ("State Awards for Merits to Lithuania Presented at the Presidential Palace"), February 16, 2024 2024: Golden Stage Cross
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