Tomas Venclova

Tomas Venclova is a writer, born in Lithuania, who teaches Slavic Literature at Yale University. In 1977 as a committed member of the Helsinki Citizens Committee, he was deprived of his Soviet citizenship and emigrated to the United States.

Living in truth

A conversation with the Lithuanian writer about being a young artist and activist exiled by the Soviet Authorities during the Cold War, together with more recent challenges from Putin’s Russia.

By Jens-Martin Eriksen and Tomas Venclova

/ 27 Nov 2018

Living in truth

A conversation with the Lithuanian writer about being a young artist and activist exiled by the Soviet Authorities during the Cold War, together with more recent challenges from Putin’s Russia.

By Jens-Martin Eriksen and Tomas Venclova

/ 27 Nov 2018