ICTW

About Us

Established in 2018, the International Centre for Translators and Writers (ICTW) is a division of Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library, providing a place to stay and work for Lithuanian and foreign creators, translators and writers. It is the only centre for translators and writers in Lithuania where the representatives of creative communities of the state and foreign countries can meet, create, translate, communicate and collaborate.

Through our activities, we contribute to the promotion of reading and the enhancement of the competencies of specialists working in this field. Our aim is to promote the development of the transnational cultural, creative and cognitive exchanges. ICTW specialists develop international projects, residence and creator scholarship programmes, as well as organise creative camps for writers.

The centre is located in the settlement of Nida on the Curonian Spit. The Curonian Spit is a unique peninsula of sand dunes – an exceptional creation of man and nature that was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a cultural landscape site in 2000. The ICTW is located 1,600 meters away from the Baltic Sea and 500 meters away from the Curonian Lagoon.

Creators residing at the ICTW are offered accommodation in one of the two houses: the Fisherman’s House, an old house included in the list of cultural heritage objects, or the new German-style House. The houses have rooms with all amenities, internet connection and computers. The Fisherman’s House has a room for common use adapted for group activities and cooking.

Creativity and relaxation in our residence brings peace and takes us back to the moment here and now where we can be with ourselves, hear and purify our thoughts and create.

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