What is Kazys Almenas?
[[File:2007 05 10AlmenasKazys.jpg|thumb|upright|Kazys Almenas.]] '''Kazys Almenas''' (11 April 1935 – 7 October 2017) was a [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher. He was born in [[Gruzdžiai]], [[Šiauliai County]], [[Lithuania]]. Almenas wrote the novels ''Upė į Rytus, upė į Šiaurę'' (1964), ''Šienapjūtė'' (1970), ''Sauja skatikų'' (1977), and ''Lietingos dienos Palangoje'' (1988) and the collections of short stories ''Bėgiai'' (1965) and ''Gyvenimas tai kekė vyšnių'' (1967), ''Vaivos juosta'' (2014). Almenas studied at the [[University of Nebraska]] and [[Northwestern University]]. Almenas died on 7 October 2017 in [[Vilnius]], Lithuania at the age of 82.<ref>[https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/asmenybe/atsisveikinimas-su-profesoriumi-kaziu-almenu-vyks-antradieni-285-864190 Atsisveikinimas su profesoriumi Kaziu Almenu vyks antradienį] {{in lang|lt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Almenas, Kazys}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Lithuanian writers]] [[Category:Essayists]] [[Category:European novelists]] [[Category:Physicists]]