Marius Marcinkevičius (Lithuania)

Marius Marcinkevičius (1966) is now a writer. He has published 25 books since 2016, many of which are based on real history, and many of them have received awards in Lithuania and abroad. He is in the Honour List of IBBY. The author does not shy away from complex and socially significant topics, such as the partisan freedom struggle in Lithuania after World War II, the Holocaust, autism spectrum disorder, and the problems of children with oncological diseases. His books are translated into over 26 languages.

Three of his books have been translated into Estonian: “Võlujärv” (2020), “Supermemmed” (2023) and “Sõprus elevandi londil” (2024).

In 1995, Marius received a medical doctor’s degree from Vilnius University in Lithuania and worked as a doctor in hospitals and private clinics. In 2022, he, together with writer Lina Itagaki, created a publishing house, “Misteris Pinkmanas”.