Romualdas Granauskas (18 May 1939 – 28 October 2014) was a Lithuanian/Samogitian author and

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. He was born in

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Biography

After finishing youth labour school in Seda, he worked with the Lithuanian newspaper "Mūsų žodis" and the magazine "Nemunas", established in

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, as an editor. Later on he worked as construction worker, metalworker, radio reporter, and lectured in Mosėdis. Granauskas started publishing his stories in 1954 in his collection "Medžių viršūnės" (eng. "Tops of the Trees") (1969), and in "Duonos valgytojai" (eng. "Bread Eaters") (1975), where he spoke about the elder generation of retiring farmers, also about their customs, daily life, moral code. One of the main creations of Romualdas Granauskas is considered to be the novella "Gyvenimas po klevu" (eng. "Life Under the Maple Tree") (1988), which drew the whole society's attention. Nature, history and mythology are the topics of one of the most mature and sophisticated novellas of R.Granauskas "Jaučio aukojimas" (eng. "Sacrifice of a Bull") (1975).
Duburys(Vortex)
is a classical artistic novel covering the entire life of the main character during Soviet times in Lithuania (2003). He died in

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on 28 October 2014, aged 75.Mirė rašytojas Romualdas Granauskas
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References

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Lithuanian Writer's Union. Accessed 2010-11-27. *

Lietuvos rytas ''Lietuvos rytas'' (lit. 'Morning of Lithuania') is a Lithuanian daily newspaper. History and profile "Lietuvos rytas" was established in 1990 on a basis of newspaper "Komjaunimo tiesa". The paper is printed in Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also ...

, September 16, 2010. Accessed 2010-11-27.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Granauskas, Romualdas Lithuanian writers 1939 births 2014 deaths Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery People from Mažeikiai Dramaturges 20th-century dramatists and playwrights