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VIN KARNILA

Vin Karnila is a Lithuanian American from the Boston area of Massachusetts. His professional background includes more than thirty years in the automotive industry including twenty years as an international management consultant and trainer. Vin has lived in Lithuania since 2004 and is the owner of BalticValue.com which offers items from the Baltic’s and Tarptautinis English which is an English language training and editing service. You can contact Vin at: vin.karnila@VilNews.com
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TOMAS VENCLOVA

Born in Klaipeda, Lithuania, Mr. Venclova now resides in the United States. His education includes a Diploma in Philology from Vilnius University, Graduate Study at Tartu University and a Ph. D. from Yale University. Mr. Venclova’s professional experience includes positions as professor and lecturer in the fields of language and literature at Yale University, UCLA, Ohio University, University of California Berkeley, and Vilnius University. His fields of specialization and teaching are Russian, Polish and Lithuanian language and literature and Semiotics and literary criticism. His honors and awards include the International literary prize Vilenica, numerous Doctor honoris causa, Lithuanian National Prize, New Culture of New Europe Award and Baltic Star Award. Mr. Venclova has authored in various languages over 200 publications and 9 books in the scholarly field and 52 books of poetry and essays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Venclova