Tomas Vaiseta
Tomas Vaiseta (born 1984) is a Lithuanian writer and historian. He obtained a PhD in history and now teaches at Vilnius University.
As an author of fiction, his books include:
- Paukščių miegas (The Sleep of Birds, short stories, 2014)
- Orfėjas, kelionė pirmyn ir atgal (Orpheus: A Journey There and Back, novel, 2016)
- Ch. (novel) - winner of the EU Prize for Literature
Vaiseta is also a past winner of the Kazimieras Barėnas Literary Prize and Jurgis Kunčinas Literary Prize. The Sleep of Birds has been published in an English translation by Jeremy Hill.
Other books by Vaiseta include works of history such as Nuobodulio visuomenė (The Society of Boredom, 2014) and Vasarnamis (Summerhouse, 2018).[1][2]
