Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940) is an American translator, editor, and poet born in Lithuania, three additional volumes he translated from the Lithuanian are by which contemporary poet, a Lithuanian American filmmaker, poet and artist who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema."?
Vyt Bakaitis Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940) is an American translator, editor, and poet born in Lithuania and living in New York City. His first collection of poetry "City Country" (1991) was followed by "Deliberate Proof" (2010). Thirst, the magazine he co-edited with Benjamin Sloan, lasted only a few issues, but his translations of Lithuanian poetry are significant; particularly the 20th-century anthology "Breathing Free" (2001), which he also edited. Three additional volumes he translated from the Lithuanian are by contemporary poets Jonas Mekas and Julius Keleras. He was married to the late artist Sharon Gilbert.
Eliakum Zunser Eliakum Zunser (Eliakim Badchen, Elikum Tsunzer) (October 28, 1836 – September 22, 1913) was a Lithuanian Jewish Yiddish-language poet, songwriter, and "badchen" who lived out the last part of his life in the U.S. A 1905 article in the "New York Times" lauded him as "the father of Yiddish poetry". About a quarter of his roughly 600 songs survive. He influenced and was influenced by Brody singer Velvel Zbarzher, although it is not believed that they ever met.