Jura Reilly (30 works by) (birth name: Jurate Vitkunas )
Also writes as: Jurate Reilly ; Jurate Vitkunaite-Reilly
Born: Established: 11 Jul 1952 Adelaide ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Lithuanian
Merged with Mignone, Jurate (Jura) Now under 'R' for BAL SS 27/6/06 Jura Reilly says that Mignone, Jurata is someone else. (U.S.?) The AKA now removed.AC

BiographyHistory

Jura Reilly was born of Lithuanian parents and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Adelaide, a Diploma of Education from Rusden State College, Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma of Education Administration at Deakin University. She has worked for many years in Victorian high schools and was invited by the Minister for Education of Lithuania to go there and teach English in 1991 and 1995. She writes in Lithuanian and English, and her work was read on Community Radio 3YYR FM in 1988 and 1990.

Notes

  • Author writes in these languages:ENGLISH, LITHUANIAN
  • Reilly has also co-edited a book of poems by Juozas Grusys-Zilvinis: In the Light of Lyre (ca2003).

Affiliation Notes

  • Born in SA but moved elsewhere