Juozas Glinskis

Juozas Glinskis (1986)

Juozas Glinskis (* 15. October 1933 , Sindriūnai region Pasvalis , Lithuania ) is a Lithuanian poet and playwright .

Work and action

Glinskis set new standards in the development of Lithuanian theater in the second half of the 20th century. He broke with traditional, usually poetic, drama and is known as the pioneer of the Lithuanian " Theater of Cruelty ".

However, the writer himself calls his work "cognitive dramas". You cross the protective "boundaries of common sense"; the dramaturgical dynamics of the game are based on dark tones and expressions of evil. In terms of drama, it is the sarcastic grotesque , an anti-psychological caricature, an unconscious hysteria and a combination of folkloric, down-to-earth motifs, exuberance and romantic feeling. "Grasos namai" and "Kingas" (performed under the direction of Jonas Juraschas, Jonas Vaitkus 1970,1980) stand out as plays that mark a turning point in the hierarchy of aesthetic values ​​in the Lithuanian theater. These and other plays by Glinskis demanded new means of expression from the Lithuanian theater: sheer inclinations, rough validation of reality, superiority of metaphors and avant-garde challenges.

His work Vieno Tevo Vaikai ( The Children of a Father ) , published in 2003, recently received the highest literary award in Lithuania.

Political activities

Glinskis and his family were heavily involved in the Lithuanian freedom movement, against the oppression of the Soviet dictatorship and was a member of the Sąjūdis freedom party . As a political companion and friend of Vytautas Landsbergis , the first head of state of Lithuania after regaining independence in 1990, he wrote Landsbergis' biography and the history of Lithuania's independence in the book Laisvės Byla ( Acts of Freedom ) from 1990-1991 .

Web links

• www.rasytojai.lt
• www.thefreelibrary.com
• www.juozasglinskis.com (lit./engl./dt.)