Marius Katiliškis

Albinas Marius Vaitkus, known under the name of Marius Katiliškis, was born in 1914 in Gruzdžiai. He was running the Pasvalys library when, in 1944, he joined a Lithuanian unit that fought the Soviet army, before passing into Germany and living there in displaced persons camps; a collection of stories that remained in manuscript was published only in 2003. Settled in the United States in 1949, he worked in factories, notably at the piano maker Kimball, and in cemeteries, then in 1952 moved to Lemont with his wife, the poet Liūnė Sutema. He died there on 17 December 1980.

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• NovelFall Comes from the ForestMiškais ateina ruduoMarius Katiliškis · 1957Literature