Literature
David Grossman: When you laugh, you breath
David Grossman kindly accepted Ignas in his private house near Jerusalem and they talked for about an hour, touching some politics, but mostly discussing literature.
Literature
Joanne Harris: The sensuality of language is not that different from the sensuality of food
Joanne Harris released her most famous novel, “Chocolat” in 1999. She arrived at the Literary Festival in Vilnius in November 2018. The conversation took place at the Old Town Hotel, “Shakespeare”.
Literature
Hans-Ulrich Treichel: I didn't understand what the ‘good Russians’ really mean
Writer and literary researcher Professor Hans-Ulrich Treichel arrived to Vilnius International Book Fair to meet readers of his novel “Pražuvėlis”. We talked in his hotel room in February 2019.
Comics
Kaz Prapuolenis: You don’t have to live an intense life
Ignas heard of Kaz after my friend Eleonora Jonušienė invited him to Lithuania to speak at a conference of animators. Later Ignas read his comic books “Underworld”, “Sidetrack City”. They talked in outdoor café in Vilnius Old Town in September 2018.
Physics
Alan Lightman: All suffering is caused by attaching ego to things
The interview took place in November 2018, in Vilnius, when Alan Lightman, an American writer, physicist and social entrepreneur, was invited to speak at a literature festival.