Andrius Tapinas
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{{Short description|Lithuanian journalist (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Andrius Tapinas
| image =Andrius Tapinas crop.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|04|06}}
| birth_place = Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
| occupation = Writer, TV producer, presenter
| genre = Science fiction, Historical fiction, Steampunk
| notableworks = Pinigų karta, Auksinis protas
| influences =
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| website = {{URL|http://www.tapinas.lt/blog}}
}}
Andrius Balys Tapinas (born 6 April 1977) is a Lithuanian journalist, TV anchor, and writer. Tapinas was the anchor and producer of a long-running popular Lithuanian TV program The Money Generation. Since 2014, he hosts the Lithuanian TV program The Golden Mind with Arūnas Valinskas. In 2016, he also launched his own online TV channel on YouTube called "Freedom TV", which has proven to be a great success. Along with the "Freedom Group", Andrius has completed multiple fundraising campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the 2021 Lithuanian migration crisis. He hosted the "Freedom Chain" from Vilnius to the Belarus border during the 2020 Belarusian protests.
In 2023, a poll by the news portal Delfi voted that Tapinas is the most influential public figure in Lithuania.{{cite web |title=AKTUALIJOSLIETUVA Įtakingiausi Lietuvos visuomenininkai: pirmoje vietoje |url=https://www.alfa.lt/aktualijos/lietuva/itakingiausi-lietuvos-visuomenininkai-pirmoje-vietoje-a-tapinas/300686/ |website=Alfa.lt |language=lt |date=28 August 2023}}
Early life
Andrius Tapinas was born in Vilnius on 6 April 1977, to Laimonas Tapinas (1944 - 2022),{{Cite web |last=LRT.lt,ELTA |date=2022-05-28 |title=Mirė garsus žurnalistas, rašytojas Laimonas Tapinas |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/1705047/mire-garsus-zurnalistas-rasytojas-laimonas-tapinas |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=lrt.lt |language=lt}} a writer and journalist, and Violeta Tapinienė (1944 - ), a Lithuanian language and literature teacher.{{Cite web |title=Violeta Tapinienė – Vilnijos vartai |url=https://www.vilnijosvartai.lt/personalijos/violeta-tapiniene/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |language=lt-LT}}
Personal life
Tapinas was previously married to Rasa Tapinienė (divorced in 2019),{{cite news |url=https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/lietuva/andrius-tapinas-patvirtino-kad-skiriasi-su-rasa-tapiniene-jau-kuri-laika-esu-vienas-1050-1157392 |title=Andrius Tapinas patvirtino, kad skiriasi su Rasa Tapiniene: "Jau kurį laiką esu vienas" |accessdate=19 January 2020 |publisher=15min |date=10 June 2019 |lang=lt}} a news anchor on LRT, and they have two children; They had a daughter, Vasara Tapinaite (born in 2002), and a son, Vakaris Tapinas (born in 2003). He married the director of Freedom TV, Gabija Milašiutė, in Nida in 2023. {{Cite web |title=Andrius Tapinas vedė „Laisvės TV“ vadovę Gabiją Milašiūtę: vestuvės – numylėtoje Nidoje |url=https://www.15min.lt/zmones/naujiena/lietuva/andrius-tapinas-vede-laisves-tv-vadove-gabija-milasiute-vestuves-numyletoje-nidoje-1050-2095416 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=15min.lt |language=lt}} He is a fan of football and American football, and he supports Newcastle United.{{Cite web |title=A.Tapinas – apie futbolą per vestuves ir britų chuliganų pagalbą (I dalis) |url=https://www.lrytas.lt/sportas/futbolas/2013/08/31/news/a-tapinas-apie-futbola-per-vestuves-ir-britu-chuliganu-pagalba-i-dalis--4717013 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.lrytas.lt |language=lt}}
Bibliography
= The Steam and Stone Saga =
- Hour of the Wolf
- Day of the Plague
- Hour of the Wolf. Sidabras (comic book, writer)
Honours
- {{flag|Lithuania}}: Knight Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2017)
- {{flag|Ukraine}}: Order of Merit (2022){{cite web|title=Lithuanian politicians, journalist receive state awards from Ukraine's President Zelensky|url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1769308/lithuanian-politicians-journalist-receive-state-awards-from-ukraine-s-president-zelensky|date=30 August 2022|access-date=10 September 2022|website=LRT}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Andrius Tapinas }}
- {{Twitter|AndriusTapinas}}
- [http://www.tapinas.lt/blog Tapinas' official blog]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130906044035/http://www.pinigukarta.lt/ Tapinas' TV programme website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130928101404/http://www.vilkovalanda.lt/ Hour of the Wolf Lithuanian website]
- [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5445221.Andrius_B_Tapinas Andrius Tapinas webpage at Goodreads ]
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Category:Journalists from Vilnius
Category:Lithuanian male writers
Category:Lithuanian television presenters
Category:Lithuanian translators