{"id":2803,"date":"2026-03-05T07:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anyksciuvb.lt\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2026-11-05T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:45:19","slug":"the-ranks-of-club-book-club-members-are-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anyksciuvb.lt\/en\/klubo-knyginycia-nariu-gretos-auga\/","title":{"rendered":"The ranks of the "Knyginy\u010dia" club members are growing"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 14 at 11 a.m. Members of the book lovers' club "Knyginy\u010dia" gathered again at the Regional Documents and Local History Department of the Anyk\u0161\u010diai L. and S. Did\u017eiuliai Public Library to chat and share their news about books.<\/p>\n

The club was joined by new members: Alma Valantinien\u0117, Ar\u016bnas Maulius, Angel\u0117 Baltu\u0161ien\u0117, Violeta Stasi\u016bnien\u0117, Alfredas Motiej\u016bnas, Aidas Deveikis and Dalina Rupinskien\u0117. Introducing herself to the club's friends, Dalina admitted that she learned to read very early. She tried to read when she was four years old. Since her parents were teachers and passed on their love of books to Dalina, she instilled the love of books in her children. The journalist has accumulated several thousand books in her home.<\/p>\n

All club members brought two autographed books from their personal libraries to the meeting and shared their thoughts \u2013 why those books are important to them, what event or person they remind them of, why they brought those books and wanted to tell about them. V. Stasi\u016bnien\u0117 presented the book \u201eKlemensas Kairys. Lost Sounds of Poetry\u201c with the autograph of A. Baranauskas Prize laureate Skirmantas Valentas and a collection of Dalia Saukaityt\u0117\u2019s poetry and recited a poem by this poet, which she remembers in both happy and sad moments.<\/p>\n

Local historian Art\u016bras \u0160ajevi\u010dius told about his family's rich library. He brought two books from the treasury of his great-grandparents, the Klim\u010dickas family, to the club "Knyginy\u010dia", published in the middle of the 19th century. The author of one of the books presented by Art\u016bras is the famous Polish writer, historian Juozap Ignotas Kra\u0161evskis (1812\u20131887). According to A. \u0160ajevi\u010dius, the writer JI Kra\u0161evskis is little known in our country and is not properly appreciated, although he created not only fiction, but also wrote historical monographs about Vilnius and Lithuania.<\/p>\n

Former wrestler, military man, local historian, and famous Anykst\u0117na resident Romas Pa\u010dinskas spoke vividly about the books he read in his childhood. Romas brought to show the members of the \u201eKnyginy\u010dia\u201c club a book about wrestlers by Remigijus Nau\u017eemis \u201e\u0104\u017euol\u0173 giria\u201c (1996), which mentions the first sporting achievements of the native and is decorated with autographs not only of the Lithuanian military figure, brigadier general, wrestler \u010ceslovas Jezerskas, but also of other famous Lithuanian athletes.<\/p>\n

Photographer Alfredas Motiej\u016bnas brought autographed albums of photographers Romualdas Rakauskas and Rimantas Dichavi\u010dius to the club and told about his friendship with these wonderful creators. Doctor A. Baltu\u0161ien\u0117 was delighted with the cheerful poems of the local poet Linas Bitvinskas and showed his autographed book "Ma\u017eosios istorijos" (2021). Local historian and museum worker Raimondas Guobis did not bring any autographed books to the meeting, but he took out the "New Testament" from his briefcase for those gathered, which he never parted with, and quoted a few verses from the Holy Scriptures.<\/p>\n

It is very gratifying that the well-known LRT journalist Alma Valantinien\u0117 came to the meeting of the book lovers' club members and joined the ranks of the club members. The journalist brought from her home the book "Alma" (2007) compiled by Inga Liutkevi\u010dien\u0117, which she received as a gift from Alma Adamkien\u0117, the wife of President Valdas Adamkus, with the inscription: "To Alma from Alma". D. Rupinskien\u0117 brought to show the audience the film novel "Kinds" (2021) by prose writer Bronius Bu\u0161ma, with autographs of many actors who played in the series "Kinds". Genovait\u0117 Ra\u017eanien\u0117, Romalda Bra\u017e\u0117nien\u0117 and other participants in the meeting also spoke about the books they brought.<\/p>\n

For almost three hours, club members talked about the books in their homes, remembered the books they read as children, told about the personal libraries they had accumulated at home, and worried about how they would be preserved so that they would not be destroyed.
\nAll members of the club "Knyginy\u010dia" are united by a great love for books.<\/p>\n

Audron\u0117 BEREZAUSKIEN\u0117 and Birut\u0117 VENTERAITIEN\u0117<\/em><\/p>\n