Romualdas Granauskas – proseist, dramaturge.

After finishing Seda

Seda

Seda is a city in Mažeikiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located south-west of Mažeikiai on the Varduva River. There are two churches in the town.- History :...

 youth labour school, he worked as newspaper's "Mūsų žodis" and magazine's "Nemunas" established in Skuodas

Skuodas

Skuodas is a city located in Klaipeda County, in northwestern Lithuania, on the border with Latvia. The Bartuva river flows through the town....

 editor, construction worker, metalworker, radio reporter, lectured in Mosėdis

Mosedis

Mosėdis is a small town in northern Lithuania in Klaipeda County, best known for its stone collection. The museum and impressive outdoor collection were initiated by Vaclovas Intas and have since expanded all over the town....

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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).