Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė | |
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| Member of the Seimas | |
| In office 7 July 2009 – 14 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
| In office 15 November 2004 – 17 November 2008 | |
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| Born | Marija Aušrinė 6 April 1944 Kaunas, Lithuania |
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| Children | 2 (Šarūnas, Žygimantas) |
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| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė (née Aušrinė; born 6 April 1944) is a Lithuanian philologist, professor, human rights activist, feminist writer and politician. She was a member of Seimas from 2009 to 2016 as a member of the Social Democratic Party, having previously been a member from 2004 to 2008 representing the Liberal Democratic Party.
Marija Aušrinė was born in Kaunas to a family of actors, including Vladas Fedotas-Sipavičius and Jadvyga Ramanauskaitė. She graduated from the 23rd Vilnius School. In 1967 she graduated from Vilnius State University, continuing her studies in American literature problems. In 1977 she maintained a thesis for a PhD degree in philology in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Her husband Rolandas Pavilionis was a Member of the European Parliament and had been a dean of Vilnius University from 1990 to 2000. The two had two sons, one of whom is an ambassador to the United States.
Political activism and scientific work
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė is one of the most well-known LGBT rights activists in Lithuania, the chairman of ad hoc Group of Seimas Members for Equality.[1] She is also a prominent feminist thinker[2] and occasionally publishes articles about gender issues.
Pavilionienė was a member of the Groups of Seimas concerning human rights in Tibet and Belarus while in her first term in Seimas.[3]
Bibliography
- The Universal Literature of the 20th century. (XX amžiaus visuotinė literatūra). Kaunas: Šviesa, 1992;
- Western Literature of the 20th century. (XX a. Vakarų literatūra) Vilnius: Vilnius University, 1994–1995;
- Feminism and Literature (Feminizmas ir literatūra). Vilnius: Vilnius University, 1996;
- The Drama of Genders (Lyčių drama). Vilnius: Vilnius University, 1998;
- Romanticism in Western Literature (Romantizmas Vakarų literatūroje). Vilnius: Vilnius University, 2000;
- The Performances of Life and Theatre: Western Drama of the 20th Century (Gyvenimo ir teatro vaidinimai: XX amžiaus Vakarų drama). Vilnius: Charibdė, 2004;
- Expectancies and Disappointment (Viltys ir nusivylimai). 2011
References
- ^ Ad Hoc Group of Seimas Members for Equality
- ^ "Home - Experts". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Seimo nariai - Marija Aušrinė PAVILIONIENĖ".