Nijolė Sadūnaitė
Nijolė Sadūnaitė (born 22 July 1938, in Kaunas) is a clandestine Lithuanian Catholic nun of the Soviet period who worked with the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania.[1] In 1975 she faced three years of imprisonment for her efforts. She spent time imprisoned in the Mordavia and then in Boguchany.[2] She reportedly faced a variety of abuses in this period, including torture.[3] She wrote A Radiance in the Gulag about her experiences.[4][5]
In 2018, Sadūnaitė received the 'Lithuanian Freedom Award".[6] She is the first female in history to receive the award.
References
- ^ Tapinas, Laimonas et al., eds. (1997) "Lietuvos katalikų bažnyčios kronika" (PDF) Žurnalistikos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian) Vilnius: Pradai pg 284 ISBN 9986-776-62-7
- ^ An interview of Nijolė Sadūnaitė by Rushworth M Kidder of The Christian Science Monitor from April 24 1989
- ^ "What Would the World Be Like Without Him?" by Robin Wright in the July 1994 Issue of The Atlantic
- ^ "In the Land of Crosses" from the September 2013 "First Things"
- ^ A review of "A Radiance in the Gulag" in the January 17, 1988 LA Times
- ^ "Disidentei Nijolei Sadūnaitei įteikta Laisvės premija". 13 January 2018.
External links
- LITHUANIANS RALLY FOR STALIN VICTIMS (By BILL KELLER, August 24, 1987, New York Times)
- Lithuania Rights Unit Protests to Gorbachev (New York Times)
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