Liūtas Mockūnas was an Lithuanian-American journalist

Journalist

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, editor

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, writer

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, cultural critic, and engineer

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 and notable Lithuanian World Community

Lithuanian World Community

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 activist.

Born in Lithuania

Lithuania

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, he moved with his parents to West Germany

West Germany

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 during World War II

World War II

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, and to the United States

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 in 1949. After graduating from Philadelphia's Drexel University

Drexel University

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, he worked as a transport specialist. Living in Chicago

Chicago

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, he became involved with the Lithuanian-American

Lithuanian-American

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 organization Santara-Šviesa, and served as an editor for its periodicals.

Mockūnas compiled and edited several books that discussed an array of cultural topics: Žodžiai ir prasmė (Words and Meaning, 1982), A. Škėmos Raštai (The Works of A. Škėma, 1985), and Pavargęs herojus (Tired Hero, 1997), which discussed the Lithuanian resistance against the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 in the aftermath of World War II, Laisvės horizontai (Horizonts of freedom) 2001 together with Aleksandras Štromas

Aleksandras Štromas

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 and Tomas Venclova

Tomas Venclova

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He returned to live in Lithuania in 2005.