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Marius Katiliškis (born Albinas Marius Vaitkus; 15 September 1914 – 17 December 1980) was a Lithuanian writer in exile.

Marius Katiliškis
Katiliškis c.1939
BornAlbinas Marius Vaitkus
(1914-09-15)15 September 1914
Gruzdžiai, Lithuania
Died17 December 1980(1980-12-17) (aged 66)
Lemont, Illinois
Resting placeLithuanian National Cemetery
OccupationWriter
NationalityLithuanian
Notable worksMiskais ateina ruduo, Išėjusiems negrįžti, Užuovėja
SpouseZinaida Nagytė-Katiliškienė [lt]

Biography


Katiliškis's parents were from Žagariškiai [lt], on the northern border of Lithuania. The future writer was born in Gruzdžiai, but he spent his childhood and early youth in the village of Katiliškės [lt], a few kilometers away, from which he took his later name. He was the ninth of eleven children.[1]

He attended school in Žagarė and worked on his father's farm. In 1931, he was called up for service in the Lithuanian Army as a radio operator.[2] Returning from the army, he found work in the Pasvalys library, which was renamed in his honor in 1994.[3] In 1941, he married the mathematics teacher Elzė Avižonytė.

As the German Army was retreating from the Eastern Front in 1944, Katiliškis joined the short-lived Fatherland Defense Force and fought the Red Army at Seda, Lithuania. Some of his experiences retreating from Lithuania to Germany were the basis for his biographical novel Išėjusiems negrįžti (No return for the departed). In fear of being deported back to the Soviet Union, he changed his name to Marius Katiliškis.[2]

Katiliškis spent time in various displaced persons camps, studying art in Freiburg, a noted cultural center for displaced Lithuanians, where he met and was engaged to the poet Zinaida Nagytė [lt], who wrote under the pen name Liūnė Sutema. In 1949, he emigrated to the United States, living in New York and Chicago. He worked at various factories and menial jobs in the Chicago area, including at the Kimball Piano factory.[4] The writer built his own house on the outskirts of Lemont, Illinois, and lived there until his death in 1980.[1]


Works


Katiliškis was noted for his interest in language, frequently carrying a notepad and pencil to make notes about words he heard; several scholarly articles have been written on his use of language.[5][6]

Katiliškis's published his first poems at the age of 17 in 1931 in the Šiauliai weekly Naujienos, and he continued publishing poetry and prose in various Lithuanian publications. A manuscript of a collection of short stories submitted to a publisher was lost during the war and rediscovered and published only in 2003.

Most of his other works were first published in Chicago, although his most famous work, Miškais ateina ruduo (1957), was republished in 1969 in Soviet Lithuania, a rarity among émigré writers. A film based on this book was released in 1990. Some critics consider this work the best prose work written in Lithuanian. Early critics compared the novel to Flemish painting.[2]

Katiliškis's books were honored by a number of prizes from American-Lithuanian organizations, including from the Lithuanian Encyclopedia Press, the Santara-Šviesa federation and the Lithuanian Writer's Society.[7][2]


Bibliography



References


  1. Bukelienė, Elena (2005). "Marius Katiliškis. Biografijos bruožai". Žemgala (in Lithuanian). I. ISSN 1648-7230.
  2. Sprindytė, Jūratė. "Katiliškis". Šaltiniai (in Lithuanian). Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas, Vilniaus universitetas. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. "Bibliotekos istorija" (in Lithuanian). Pasvalio M. Katiliškio viešoji biblioteka. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. Cidzikaitė, Dalia (2018). "(Ne)Kasdieniški liudijimai apie bendraamžius ir save" (PDF). Darbai ir dienos (in Lithuanian). 69: 120. ISSN 2335-8769.
  5. Švambarytė-Valužienė, Janina (2017). "Tarmės įtaka Mariaus Katiliškio raštų kalbai". Acta Linguistica Lithuanica (in Lithuanian). LXXVI. ISSN 1648-4444.
  6. Kalnius, Petras (2015). "Etnografiniai pavadinimai Mariaus Katiliškio kūryboje - regioninės kultūros liudininkai". Žiemgala (in Lithuanian). I. ISSN 1392-3781.
  7. "Author : Marius Katiliškis". Classic Lithuanian Literature Anthology. Retrieved 12 August 2021.



На других языках


- [en] Marius Katiliškis

[ru] Катилишкис, Мариус

Мариус Катилишкис (лит. Marius Katiliškis, урождённый Альбинас Мариус Вайткус (лит. Albinas Marius Vaitkus); 15 сентября 1914 — 17 декабря 1980) — литовский писатель.



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