Juozas Kralikauskas

Juozas Kralikauskas (October 22, 1910 – February 25, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania) was a novelist and short story author.

Biography

Kralikauskas graduated from the seminary in Kaunas in 1928. After spending some years teaching, he attended a military academy and Vytautas Magnus University, graduating from the latter with a degree in the humanities in 1940. In 1944 he moved to Ontario, Canada, and worked in the Pickle Lake gold mines. He returned to Lithuania in 1994.

Work

His literary debut was made in 1937 with the short story Septyni kalavijai (Seven Swords). His next work, Urviniai žmonės (Cave People), did not appear until 1954. His literary output from then until his death consisted of historical fiction dramatizing the lives of Mindaugas, Vaišvilkas, Tautvila, Martynas Mažvydas, and other medieval figures. The novels include metaphysical and psychoanalytical elements. They have been translated into Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and other languages.

He was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Fifth Class in 1999.

Bibliography

• Septyni kalavijai: short stories. - Kaunas, 1937.
• Urviniai žmonės: novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1954.
• Å viesa lange: novel. - London: Nidos knygų klubas, 1960.
• Titnago ugnis: novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1962.
• Mindaugo nužudymas: awarded novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1964.
• VaiÅ¡vilkas: novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1971.
• Tautvila: novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kosios knygos klubas, 1973.
• Martynas Mažvydas Vilniuje : novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1976.
• Ä®kaitę Vilniaus akmenys: novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1979.
• Po ultimatumo: novel. - Chicago: LietuviÅ¡kos knygos klubas, 1980.
• Ąžuolai piliakalnyje: devynių istorinių romanų gelmenys ir problemos. - Torontas: TėviÅ¡kės Žiburiai, 1984.
• Vėlinės: long short story. - Toronto: [s.n.], 1988.
• Ä®kaitę Vilniaus mÅ«rai: long short stories. - Vilnius: Vaga, 1991.
• Psichologijos įvadas. - Kaunas: Å viesa, 1993.
• Titnago ugnis: historical novel. - Vilnius: Vyturys, 1993.
• Mindaugas: historical novel. - KaiÅ¡iadorys: KaiÅ¡iadorių vyskupijos kurijos leidykla, 1995.
• Urviniai: long short story and short stories. - Vilnius: Vaga, 1996.
• Mažvydas: novel. - Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers Union Publishers, 1997.
• Mindaugo kapas: novel. - Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2000.
• Dinastijos žūtis: novel. - Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2002.

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