Professor Algis Kalèda`s passing
On the 11th of May 2017, at the age of 64, passed away in Vilnius
Professor Algis Kalèda
Expert in Polish and Lithuanian literature, translator, author of the Lithuanian-Polish dictionary,
long-time director of the Center for Polonics at the University of Vilnius,
professor of the Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute,
associate professor of Baltic Studies at Warsaw University’s Faculty of Polish Studies,
laureate of the Polonicum UW Award for a remarkable achievements
in the propagation of Polish culture and Polish language abroad,
lecturer of the departure session of the Eastern Summer School SEW UW in Vilnius
and a member of the Council of the „Eastern Review”