Tomas Vaiseta (born 1984) is a Lithuanian writer and historian. He obtained a PhD in history and now teaches at Vilnius University.
His fictional books include Paukà ¡ÃÂià ³ miegas (The Sleep of Birds, short stories, 2014), OrfÃÂjas, kelionàpirmyn ir atgal (Orpheus: A Journey There and Back, novel, 2016), and Ch. (novel, 2021). His novel Ch. was nominated for the European Union Prize for Literature, 2022.
Vaiseta is also a past winner of the Kazimieras BarÃÂnas Literary Prize (Kazimiero BarÃÂno premija), Jurgis KunÃÂinas Literary Prize (Jurgio KunÃÂino vardo premija) and Jurga IvanauskaitÃÂ Literary Prize (Jurgos IvanauskaitÃÂs premija).
The Sleep of Birds has been published in English by Strangers Press in 2023, translation by Jeremy Hill.
Vaiseta has also written historical monographs which include Nuobodulio visuomenÃÂ: Kasdienybàir ideologija vÃÂlyvuoju sovietmeÃÂiu (1964-1984) (The Society of Boredom: Everyday and Ideology in the Late Soviet Period (1964-1984), 2014), Vasarnamis: Vilniaus psichiatrijos ligoninÃÂs socialinàistorija 1944âÂÂ1990 (Summerhouse: The Social History of the Vilnius Psychiatric Hospital 1944âÂÂ1990, 2018), and Maà ¾asis o: seksualumo kultà «ra sovietà ³ Lietuvoje (The Little O: Culture of Sexuality in Soviet Lithuania, 2022), together with historian Valdemaras Klumbys.