Antanas Sileika
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Antanas Sileika (Antanas Šileika; born 1953) is a Canadian-Lithuanian novelist and critic.
Biography
Sileika was born in 1953 in Weston, Ontario to Lithuanian-born parents.
After completing an English degree at the
He wrote extensively as a journalist about
He retired in 2017 after fifteen years as director of the
Works
After writing for newspapers and magazines, Sileika published his first novel, Dinner at the End of the World (1994), a speculative story set in the aftermath of
His second book, a collection of linked short stories, Buying On Time (1997) was nominated for both the
His third book, Woman in Bronze (2004), compared the seasonal life of a young man in Czarist Lithuania with his subsequent attempts to succeed as a prominent sculptor in Paris in the twenties. The Lithuanian title is Bonzinė moteris.[3] Translated into Chinese.
His novel Underground
The Barefoot Bingo Caller is his memoir, published by ECW Press in May 2017. It received a starred review in Quill and Quire, Canada's publishing industry journal. The Lithuanian translation Basakojis bingo pranešėjas was named Lithuania's book of the year in 2018 in the category of adult fiction.[6]
Provisionally Yours is an espionage novel set between 1921 and 1923 in Lithuania and was inspired by the memoir of
"Some Unfinished Business" was published by Cormorant Books in 2023. It is a story of love and betrayal set in postwar Soviet Lithuania from 1947-1959.
"The Death of Tony", a memoir about belonging in two cultures, was published by Stonehewer Books in 2024.
Bibliography
- Dinner at the End of the World. Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic, 1994.
- Buying on Time, Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1997.
- Woman in Bronze, Toronto, Random House Canada, 2004.
- Underground, Toronto. Thomas Allen and Son, 2011
- The Barefoot Bingo Caller, Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press, 2017
- Provisionally Yours, Windsor, Ontario, Biblioasis, 2019
- Some Unfinished Business, Toronto, Ontario, Cormorant Books 2023
- The Death of Tony, Victoria, BC, Stonehewer Books, 2024
References
- ^ https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/rs/legalact/TAD/TAIS.227198/
- ^ "Metų verstinės knygos rinkimai: A.Šileikos "Pirkiniai išsimokėtinai" – lietuvių Kanadoje istorijos". 15min.lt.
- ^ "Kaune – rašytojo iš Kanados A. Šileikos viešnagė". Kauno diena. November 12, 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. - News". Thomasallen.ca. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ "Antano Šileikos "Pogrindis" – lietuvių pasipriešinimo bei meilės istorija". 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Knygų mugėje paskelbti akcijos "Metų knygos rinkimai" laureatai".
- CBC Books, April 27, 2021.