Tomas Vaiseta


Tomas Vaiseta is a Lithuanian writer and historian. He obtained a PhD in history and now teaches at Vilnius University.
His fictional books include Paukščių miegas, Orfėjas, kelionė pirmyn ir atgal, and Ch.. His novel Ch. was nominated for the European Union Prize for Literature, 2022.
Vaiseta is also a past winner of the Kazimieras Barėnas Literary Prize, Jurgis Kunčinas Literary Prize and Jurga Ivanauskaitė Literary Prize.
The Sleep of Birds has been published in English by Strangers Press in 2023, translation by Jeremy Hill.
Vaiseta has also written historical monographs which include Nuobodulio visuomenė: Kasdienybė ir ideologija vėlyvuoju sovietmečiu , Vasarnamis: Vilniaus psichiatrijos ligoninės socialinė istorija 1944–1990, and Mažasis o: seksualumo kultūra sovietų Lietuvoje, together with historian Valdemaras Klumbys.