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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 Ramūnas Gerbutavičius, Rašytojo M. Sluckio talentą gniuždė laiko smagračia ("The talent of the writer M. Sluckis was crushed by the flywheels of time")
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Mirė rašytojas Mykolas Sluckis
  3. 1 2 3 Mykolas Sluckis, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
  4. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "SVAJONĖS IR GYVENIMAS, ARBA RAŠYTOJAS NUO ČIULPTUKO", an interview of Mykolas Sluckis to Gintarė Adomaitytė
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