People
Juozas Vaina
Juozas Vaina was born on October 17, 1916 in Widugiery, a pedagogue, educator, ethnographer, collector, founder of the traditional culture museum in Puńsk in 1977. He studied physics in Vilnius and architecture in Gdańsk. From 1948 he taught in Pedagogical Secondary School in Suwałki, in 1950-1951 he was a director of gymnasium in Suwałki, then again in Pedagogical Secondary School. From 1956 he has lived in Puńsk.
Birutė Jonuškaitė
Debut of Birutė Jonuškaitė took place when Lithuania got back its independence. As a writer she found her place in these unquiet, but critical times: today she is appreciated author of stories and novels, journal articles, and distinguished translator from Polish language.
Alicja Zimnicka
Alicja Zimnicka was born in 1975 in Puńsk. In 1990-1994 she attended Art Technical School (Art Tapestry Department) in Kovno.
Sigitas Birgelis
Sigitas Birgelis was born in Puńsk in 1961. He graduated from Warsaw Agricultural University (SGGW) in Warsaw. He worked in editorial board of the Lithuanian magazine "Aušra" (editorial board secretary, vice editor-in-chief, editor-in-chief) and in the publishing house "Aušra" in Puńsk (director, vicedirector, editor-in-chief).
1
