Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940) is an American poet, translator, and editor.
Vyt Bakaitis. Courtesy YouTube.
Life[]
Bakaitis was born in Lithuania and lives in New York City.
His main collection of poetry is City Country (1991). His magazine, Thirst, lasted only a few issues, but his translations of Lithuanian poetry, particularly the anthology Breathing Free and the work of Jonas Mekas, are significant.
He was married to late artist Sharon Gilbert.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Bathmore. New York: Hard Press, 1977.
- City Country. New York: Black Thistle, 1991. ISBN 0-9628181-2-7
- XL eilėraščiai = XL Poems (with Julius Keleras). Vilnius, Lithuania: Lietuvių ray̌tojų sąjungos leidykla, 1998..
- Deliberate Proof. New York: Lunar Chandelier, 2010.
Translated[]
- ''Gyvas atodūsis: lietuvių poezijos vertimai = Breathing free: poems from the Lithuanian. Vilnius, Lithuania: Lietuvos Rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2001.
- Mekas, Jonas, There is no Ithaca: "Idylls of Semeniskiai" & "Reminiscences" (foreword by Czeslaw Milosz). New York: Black Thistle, 1996.
- Jonas Mekas, Daybooks, 1970-1972. Brooklyn, NY: Portable Press at Yo-yo Labs, 2003.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Paid Notice: Deaths GILBERT, SHARON - New York Times
- ↑ Search results = au:Vyt Bakaitis, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 23, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Audio / video
- Vyt Bakaitis at The Poetry Project
- Logic of the World: The poetics of Robert Kelly (part 3)
- Books
- Vyt Bakaitis at Amazon.com
- About
- Vyt Bakaitis at Lunar Chandelier Press
- For Whom the Translator Writes - review of Breathing Free.
- review of There is No Ithaca
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