Mykolas Sluckis

Mykolas Sluckis (October 20, 1928 – February 25, 2013) was a Lithuanian writer.[1][2][3]

Mykolas Sluckis
Sluckis in 1987
Sluckis in 1987
Born20 October 1928
Panevėžys, Lithuania
DiedFebruary 25, 2013
OccupationWriter
CitizenshipLithuania
Notable worksLaiptai į dangų

He was among the very few Lithuanian Jewish writers who wrote in Lithuanian.[1]

Biography

Sluckis was born in Panevėžys family of a poor craftsman, Gecelis (Hetzel) Sluckis.[4] In the Soviet Union his full name in Russian was given as "Миколас Гецелевич Слуцкис".[5] During World War II, in summer 1941 (when Lithuania was under Soviet occupation) he was evacuated from the Soviet Young Pioneer camp in Palanga and lived in a rural orphanage in Russia, in Malmyzhsky District of the Kirov Oblast. In Winter 1944 he, with many other children, was returned to Vilnius.[6][7] His parents and brother were killed in Holocaust, only he and his younger sister survived.[4] In 1951, he graduated from the history and philology department of Vilnius University majoring in Russian philology.[1]

For 20 years he was married to Regina née Važgauskaitė and they had daughter Snieguole.[7]

Works

Among other works, Sluckis wrote some 20 books for children and youth, mostly in his early years.[1] He also wrote essays of literary criticism, plays and screenplays.[2]

His novel Laiptai į dangų ("Stairway to Heaven") served as a base for the 1966 award-winning film with the same name ( Laiptai į dangų at IMDb).

His short story Svetimos aistros ("Strangers' Passions") served as a base for the 1983 Latvian film Svešās kaislības ( Svešās kaislības at IMDb).

His works have been translated into 25 languages.[3]

Awards and decorations

References

  1. Ramūnas Gerbutavičius, Rašytojo M. Sluckio talentą gniuždė laiko smagračia ("The talent of the writer M. Sluckis was crushed by the flywheels of time")
  2. Mirė rašytojas Mykolas Sluckis
  3. Mykolas Sluckis, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
  4. "Mykolas Sluckis", Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum
  5. 'Советские детские писатели - библиографический словарь, 1917-1957, p.342
  6. М. Слуцкис, "Мы — из Паланги!" (""We are from Palanga!), In collection «Дети военной поры», Moscow, Politizdat, 1984
  7. "SVAJONĖS IR GYVENIMAS, ARBA RAŠYTOJAS NUO ČIULPTUKO", an interview of Mykolas Sluckis to Gintarė Adomaitytė
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