 Creative work at home (1968 - 1998) from time to time was interrupted by work in various literary magazines of the Union of Lithuania writers (Bučys is a member of this Union since 1968).Interest in the problems of national literatures amplified many literary acquaintances and connections, particularly with writers of the Caucasus and the Baltic States, as well as participation in literary conferences abroad.Trips and performances in Poland (1979, 1980), Yugoslavia (1989 at the Congress of the Pen club in Slovenia), Romania (1981), East Germany (1983 in connection with the preparation and Preface to the collection of Lithuanian short stories in German), in the USA (1985 to meet Lithuanian writers in exile), Italy (1987 as a member of the Editorial Board at the journal “Druzba narodov”; Дружба народов), West Germany (1990 together with Ch.