Rytis Zemkauskas 2023 by Augustas Didzgalvis

Rytis Zemkauskas (born October 28, 1969 in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

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) is a journalist, a writer, a broadcaster and a film director.

Biography

Graduated

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Ea ...

(field of linguistics, majored in comparative literature) in 1993. Since 1995 has initiated various cultural and educational TV projects as journalist, writer, presenter and producer. For his journalistic and producing work has been awarded numerous public and professional awards. Since 1998 he is active as writer and director of documentaries on music, literature and science, owns a small TV production company. Rytis Zemkauskas is an author of several books and columnist at “ Intelligent Life” Lithuanian edition since 2009. Since 2016 he is an associated professor at

Vytautas Magnus University Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) (, VDU) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university. Initially it was known as the University of Lithuania, but ...

(subjects: “The art of the interview” and “Narrative construction”). Since 2016 he is a member of curatorial board for Kaunas the

European Capital of Culture A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension. Being a European Capital of Culture can ...

2022.Kaunas European Capital of Culture 2022 team http://kaunas2022.eu/en/team/ His public activities also include lectures: “Social Network. Concept for a Modern Hybrid State” and “European Capital of Culture as a Role Model”.

References

External links

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Alchemija TV in Youtube
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The 21st Vilnius IFF: Rytis Zemkauskas presents programme SHAKESPEARE LIVES
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Alchemija TV website
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Poetry book Šilkverpis
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