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Prof. Tomas Venclova Says His Dreams, and Even the Unthinkable, Have Come True

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Poet and literary scholar Tomas Venclova says Lithuania now feels like a genuinely European country.
  • Venclova, who returned to Vilnius in 2019, says many of his dreams have come true, including some he once hardly dared to imagine.

Tomas Venclova says Lithuania has become the kind of European country he once hoped to see, and perhaps more than he dared imagine.

The poet, essayist and literary scholar, who helped establish the Lithuanian Helsinki Group, spent many years in the United States before returning to live in Vilnius in 2019.

In an interview on the program โ€œARTimai,โ€ Venclova said Lithuania is now โ€œtruly free, democratic and prosperous.โ€ He added that in its cities, people can feel as though they are in Geneva or Lyon.

I am certainly not a young man, but I have lived to see my dreams come true, and even things I did not dare to dream of. Lithuania is truly free, democratic and prosperous.

· Tomas VenclovaVenclova described Lithuaniaโ€™s transformation during an interview on the program โ€œARTimaiโ€.
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