{"id":51369,"date":"2025-08-27T12:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amenucentras.lt\/presentation-of-justas-jasenas-new-book-saku-lietus\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:16:08","slug":"presentation-of-justas-jasenas-new-book-saku-lietus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amenucentras.lt\/en\/presentation-of-justas-jasenas-new-book-saku-lietus\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of Justas Jas\u0117nas\u2019 New Book \u201cSak\u0173 lietus\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"
You are warmly invited to the presentation of poet Justas Jas\u0117nas\u2019 fourth poetry book \u201cSak\u0173 lietus\u201c, which will take place on September 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Angel Museum \u2013 Sacred Art Center (Vilniaus St. 11, Anyk\u0161\u010diai). <\/h5>\n
This poetry collection weaves together landscapes of nature with signs of towns and cities. The lyrical subject\u2019s sensitive perception of reality naturally reveals the inner depths of the human being. <\/h5>\n
The author is able to reconcile contradictions and reflect on painful and significant events in Lithuanian history. In his poetry, figures of Lithuanian literary classics and saints appear (and sometimes pass one another by), while gentle lyricism and a melancholy atmosphere are unexpectedly brightened by notes of irony and personal experience. <\/h5>\n
Participants of the event:
\nAuthor Justas Jas\u0117nas,
\nJournalist Tautvydas Kontrimavi\u010dius,
\nPoet and publicist Vytautas Kaziela,
\nDirector Vytautas Kubilius,
\nPhotographer Algimantas \u010cerniauskas,
\nFolklore ensemble \u201cValaukis\u201d (led by Regina Stumburien\u0117).<\/h5>\n
Justas Jas\u0117nas was born on June 16, 1982, in Katini\u0173 village, Panev\u0117\u017eys district. He graduated from Panev\u0117\u017eys Vytautas \u017demkalnis Humanitarian Gymnasium, studied at Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary of Priests from 2001 to 2007, and in the same year was ordained a priest. He holds a Master\u2019s degree in Religious Studies, a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and in 2014 completed the program in Pastoral Theology at Vytautas Magnus University\u2019s Faculty of Catholic Theology in Kaunas, where he received a Licentiate in Theology. Since 2017 he has been serving at the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul the Apostles in Panev\u0117\u017eys. <\/h5>\n
A talented young man, he began writing early. His first publication appeared in the student poetry collection \u201cAtviros eil\u0117s\u201d in 2000, the same year he became the winner of the national student poetry competition. Just one year later, he was recognized as the young laureate of the International Poetry Festival \u201cPoezijos pavasaris\u201d.<\/h5>\n
Jas\u0117nas\u2019 poems have been and continue to be published in various cultural journals, anthologies, and collections. He has published three previous poetry books: \u201cU\u017emigdykite mus E\u017eeruos\u201d (2009), \u201cArtum\u0173 Er\u010dios\u201d (2012), and \u201cSurink i\u0161 pakra\u0161\u010di\u0173\u201d (2018). <\/h5>\n
The priest\u2019s creative field and themes are very broad \u2013 a sensitive word dedicated to cultural figures, intellectuals, clergy, and all those with whom he has interacted and who have influenced his spiritual life. His poems are filled with existential anxiety, nostalgia, and delicate self-reflection, with considerable attention given to questions of faith, religion, and the search for God. <\/h5>\n
Constantly engaged in patronage and charitable activities, the priest has donated books to the libraries of Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary of Priests, Zarasai, and Kupi\u0161kis. Over 600 publications have been given to the autograph collection of Roki\u0161kis \u201cRomuva,\u201d and more than 40 exhibits have been donated to the Anyk\u0161\u010diai Angel Museum – Sacred Art Center. <\/h5>\n<\/div>