Farewell to J. Šikšnelius will take place in the Conference Hall of the Ieva Simonaitytė Library (H. Mano St. 25, Klaipėda) on November 28 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
November 30 (Saturday) from 10 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. it will be possible to say goodbye to the deceased in Druskininkai, at the “Okona” funeral home (Veisiejų St. 32, Druskininkai).
at 2 p.m. Mass in Švendubrė St. Antanas chapel (Akmens St. 1B, Švendubre, Druskininkai municipality). The urn with the remains of the deceased will be buried in the Švendubrė cemetery, the Union of Lithuanian Writers announced.
Juozas Šikšnelis was born in 1950. March 1 Švendubre, Varėna district. in 1973 He graduated from Vilnius University in librarianship and bibliography. Since 1973 worked in the Klaipėda I. Simonaitytė public library in various positions, was the chairman of the Klaipėda branch of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union.
Even after leaving his birthplace, Juozas Šikšnelis chose a very Swedish nickname – Raidas Durbė.
This one by Juozo Šikšnelis alter egoin cooperation with the publishing houses “Baltu lankos”, “Rosma”, “Vaga”, “Homo liber”, wrote and published more than ten detective stories. These include Pyro’s Victory (1995), Wall of Rebound (1998), Forgiveness (1998), Limits of Endurance (1999), Flash Change (2000) , “Gates of Hell” (2000) – you can’t even list them all. In 1992 and 1996, Juozas Šikšnelis (Raidas Durbė) was awarded the prizes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania for his detective novels.
Other novels by Juozs Šikšnelis won even more readers’ love, especially the novel “The Cross of Green Wood” (2000) by Gurinias, which was even awarded several literary prizes: Ieva Simonaitytė and Žemaitė. For consistent work for the benefit of Lithuania and dedication in 2019. Gabriele Petkevičaitė-Bitė memorial medal “Serve Lithuania” was awarded to Juoz Šikšnelis.
His works have been translated into Polish, Russian, and English.
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