Romualdas Granauskas

Romualdas Granauskas (born May 18, 1939 in Mažeikiai) – proseist, dramaturge.

After finishing Seda youth labour school, he worked as newspaper's "Mūsų žodis" and magazine's "Nemunas" established in Skuodas editor, construction worker, metalworker, radio reporter, lectured in Mosėdis.

He started publishing his stories in 1954 in his collections "Medžių viršūnės" (eng. "The Tops of the Trees") (1969), "Duonos valgytojai" (eng. "Bread Eaters") (1975) where he speaks about the elder generation of retiring farmers, also about their customs, daily life, moral code. One of the main creation of Romualdas Granauskas is considered to be the novella "Gyvenimas po klevu" (eng. "Life Under the Maple") (1988) which drew the whole society's attention. Nature, history and mythology - the topics of one of the most mature and sophisticated novellas of R.Granauskas - "Jaučio aukojimas" (eng. the "The Sacrifice of a Bull") (1975).

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