Kazys Almenas (11 April 1935 – 7 October 2017) was a Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher.

Biography

Kazys Almenas was born in Gruzdžiai,

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. He attended the

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and

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. Between 1965 and 1967, he studied at the

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and received a doctorate in physics. Almenas was teaching at the

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. Almenas used to live in Lithuania and often published his essays in the Lithuanian press. Kazys Almenas is the founder of Fund Supporting Royal Palace (''Valdovų rūmų paramos fondas'') - a fund which helps financing a replica of a medieval Lithuanian Royal Palace in

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. ''Valdovų rūmų paramos fondo ceremonija prie Valdovų rūmų'', Voruta, No. 12 (582), 28 June 2005
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Literary works

Almenas wrote the novels ''Upė į Rytus, upė į Šiaurę'' (1964), ''Šienapjūtė'' (1970), ''Sauja skatikų'' (1977), and ''Lietingos dienos Palangoje'' (1988) and the collections of short stories ''Bėgiai'' (1965) and ''Gyvenimas tai kekė vyšnių'' (1967), ''Vaivos juosta'' (2014).

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Fund Supporting Royal Palace
1935 births 2017 deaths People from Šiauliai District Municipality Lithuanian physicists Lithuanian writers Northwestern University alumni {{Lithuania-scientist-stub