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- 1 2 3 Daiva Venclovienė, "Juozo Kudirkos gyvenimas ir kūryba (1939 03 19 – 2007 06 21)", Gyvenimas, May 21, 2019
- ↑ „100 iškiliausių Prienų krašto asmenybių“ – Juozas Kudirka ("100 most prominent personalities of the Prienai District" - Juozas Kudirka) , information from the Prienai District Museum
- 1 2 3 Žilvytis Šaknys, "Juozas Kudirka", an obituary in Lietuvos Etnologija, July 2007
- 1 2 Rasa Paukštytė - Šakniene, Etnografinių tyrimų laukas už Lietuvos ribų: šeima ir jos papročiai, LITHUANISTICS, 2019. Vol. 65. No. 2(116), p. 124–139
- ↑ "1999 m. Nacionalinių kultūros ir meno bei J.Basanavičiaus premijos įteikimo ceremonija"
- ↑ Aldona Kačerauskienė, "Jono Basanavičiaus premija ir jos laureatai", Amžius, December 10, 2008
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