Draugas
Chicago, Illinois | |
Type | currently thrice-weekly newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Publisher | Lithuanian Catholic Press Society |
Editor-in-chief | Ramunė Lapas |
Founded | 1909 |
Language | Lithuanian |
Headquarters | 4545 W. 63rd Street Chicago, IL 60629 United States |
Sister newspapers | Draugas News |
Website | draugas.org |
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History
Draugas is the oldest continuously published Lithuanian language newspaper anywhere in the world.[1]
Founded as a weekly
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During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania up to now, the newspaper was and still remains the backbone of the Lithuanian diaspora.
Currently, Draugas is published by the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society in Chicago, Illinois. Draugas contains news and public interest articles on political, religious, cultural, social, economic, sports, and other public interest themes, often on Lithuanian-related topics, and announcements, and paid advertising. The Tuesday issue is twelve pages, the Thursday issue is sixteen pages, and the Saturday issue is twenty-four pages, which includes a weekly eight-page supplement Kultūra meaning Culture and subtitled Menas Literatūra Mokslas meaning Art Literature Science.[2] A searchable digital archive of PDF files of all issues going back to 1909 is currently under development and is accessible through the Draugas website, for free up until the year 2008, and for subscribers to the newspapers for the years 2008 to the present.
Numerous Lithuanian books are available via the Draugas publishing office.[3] Draugas used to print both its newspaper and many books in-house at its headquarters, but now outsources all of its printing.
Draugas celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009. In November 2013, the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society also started publishing Draugas News, a monthly newspaper on Lithuanian topics written in the English language, available by separate subscription. In November 2014, the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society assumed publication of a bimonthly glossy magazine, titled Lithuanian Heritage, previously published by Baltech, Inc., a company owned by Valentinas Ramonis. Lithuanian Heritage which comes out every 2 months, and the monthly Draugas News are available as a single subscription, and are targeted at readers interested in getting information about Lithuanian culture and life in English.
Staff
Such prominent Lithuanian émigré writers and public figures as Aloyzas Baronas [lt], Kazys Bradūnas, Česlovas Grincevičius [lt], Bronius Kviklys [lt], Rev. Vaclovas Bagdanavičius, Aušrelė Liulevičienė, Kazys Pakštas, Rev. Juozas Prunskis [lt], Leonardas Šimutis [lt], and others worked on the editorial staff.
The current
References
- ^ Draugas, The Lithuanian World-Wide Daily Newspaper, 1909–2009. A Brief Historical Overview Archived 2021-12-01 at the Wayback Machine Lituanus Volume 55, No.4 - Winter 2009, by Danguolė Kviklys
- ^ Draugas website Home page
- ^ DRAUGAS Knygynėlis
External links
- (in Lithuanian) Draugas Homepage
- (in Lithuanian) Draugas Digital Archive 1909-present