Sigitas Geda House

Sigitas Zigmas Geda. Sigitas Geda was a poet, playwright, critic, translator and essayist. Born in the village of Paterai, Lazdijai district. In 1961, he graduated from Veisiai Gymnasium, which is now named after him. After graduating, the writer joined the press life and devoted all his time to working in the editorial office of various magazines and newspapers.  

In 2002, S. Geda was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Lazdijai District. The poet's memory is commemorated in the exposition of the Veisėiai Regional Museum.

Geda was a sensitive child of nature. He looks at nature prophetically and sees the shapes of wood, water, fire, earth, stone, which flow into the poem spontaneously, cyclically and in random forms.

S. Geda's daughter remembers: "He did not work at night or at dawn. He was a morning person: breakfast, coffee, radio, and then sitting at the table until lunch. As I remember, until then it was serious work: articles, translations, and in the afternoon he would go for a walk, or play with dog, because he needed to 'blow' his head. The second half of the day was devoted to reading, revising and rewriting. He wrote in a notebook with windows. It was rare that he chose lines. At first he wrote by hand and later with a typewriter.