Juozas Aputis

Juozas Aputis
Juozas Aputis, c. 1960
Juozas Aputis, c. 1960
Born8 June 1936
Balčiai, Raseiniai district, Lithuania
Died28 February 2010(2010-02-28) (aged 73)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Resting placeAntakalnis Cemetery
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • editor
  • translator
Alma materVilnius University
PeriodSoviet period in Lithuania, newly-independent Lithuania
GenresLiterary realism, modernism[1]
SubjectsTotalitarianism, Lithuanian identity, psychology
Years active1963–2010
Notable worksAnthill in Prussia (1989)
SpouseVirginija Aputienė (?–2010)

Juozas Aputis (8 June 1936 – 28 February 2010) was a Lithuanian modernist writer, translator and editor.[2] Along with other writers such as Ričardas Gavelis, Aputis is credited for the post-war modernist novella revival in the Lithuanian SSR.[3] He is best known for depicting village life with psychological insight and subtext. His most famous work is Anthill in Prussia (Skruzdėlynas Prūsijoje), which tells the story of an ascetic man and woman who retreat into the Prussian wilderness.[4]

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