Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas

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Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (real name Alfonsas Čipkus * 15. July 1919 in Nemeikščiai , Utena District Municipality , Utena , † 20th January 2015 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was a Lithuanian poet , translator and literary critic .

Life

Alfonsas Čipkus completed a high school in Utena by 1938 . In 1938/1939 he studied Romance studies and philosophy at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas , and in 1942 he completed his studies at the Vilnius University in the Lithuanian capital. In 1944 he emigrated to Germany. He continued his education at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg . Nyka-Niliūnas studied German, French and English literature . He worked in Lithuanian high schools abroad and was a contributor to the Lithuanian cultural press. From 1949 he lived in Baltimore (USA). Nyka-Niliūnas worked at the Library of Congress until he retired .

As a lyricist, Alfonsas Čipkus chose the pseudonyms Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas , Leonas Miškinas , Andrius Sietynas , HBS and others. He wrote his first poems in 1937. They were published in the student press. The first book “Praradimo simfonijos” was published in 1946 in Tübingen . The other poetry collections were “Orfėjaus medis” (1953), “Balandžio vigilijos” (1957), “Vyno stebuklas” (1974), “Žiemos teologija” (1985). With Kazys Bradūnas , Juozas Kėkštas and Henrikas Nagys he was the editor of the poetry anthology "Žemė".

He has translated works by Charles Baudelaire , Arthur Rimbaud , Paul Claudel , Henri Michaux , Stefan George , TS Eliot , Giacomo Leopardi and Martin Heidegger .

Award

In 1997 he was awarded the National Prize of Lithuania.

Honor

bibliography

  • Orfėjaus medis: eilėraščiai. 2-asis leidimas. - Chicago: V. Saulius, 1954. kiti leidimai: 1953.
  • Balandžio vigilija: eilėraščiai. - Chicago: V. Saulius, 1957.
  • Išduotas medis: eilėraščiai. - Chicago: Pedagoginis lituanistikos institutas, 1971.
  • Vyno stebuklas: eilėraščiai. - Chicago: Algimanto Mackaus knygų Leidimo fondas, 1974.
  • Žiemos teologija: eilėraščiai. - Chicago: Algimanto Mackaus knygų Leidimo fondas, 1985.
  • Būties erozija: eilėraščiai. - Vilnius: Vaga, 1989.
  • Temos ir variacijos: literatūra, criticism, polemica. Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 1996.
  • Eilėraščiai. - Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 1996.
  • Dienoraščio fragmentai. - Willowbrook: Algimanto Mackaus knygų Leidimo fondas, 1998. I t .: 750 p .; II t .: 540 p .; 750 p.

literature

  • V. Daujotytė, E. Bukelienė “Lietuvių literatūra. XX a. vidurys ir antroji pusė (1940-1995). Vadovėlis XII klasei "K .:" Šviesa ", 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mirė poetas Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (daily newspaper Lietuvos rytas )
personal data
SURNAME Nyka-Niliūnas, Alfonsas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Čipkus, Alfonsas (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian poet, literary critic and translator
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Nemeikščiai , Utena district
DATE OF DEATH 20th January 2015
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland