Ieva SimonaitytÄ—

Ieva Simonaitytė (actually: Eva Simoneit, born January 23, 1897 in Wannaggen ( East Prussia ); † August 27, 1978 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian writer.

Life

Simonaitytė was born in Wannaggen as an illegitimate daughter of the farmer Jurgis Stubra, in which her ​​mother EtMe Simonaite was in position. Since the age of five she was suffering from tuberculosis. That's why she could not go to school and was taught at home by her mother. Between 1912 and 1914 she was cured at a hospital in Angerburg and has since been active in the Lithuanian cultural scene.

In 1921 she moved to Memel ( Klaipeda ), where she worked as a typist at various newspapers. They initially published in newspapers some literary works, while she was working on her first great novel from 1924. He appeared in 1935; in the family chronicle Aukštujų Šimonių likimas she criticized, among others, the " Germanization " of their home region. After she received the Lithuanian National Prize for Literature for the book, she devoted herself entirely to writing. It was followed by other novels and several short stories.

In 1939, she was a therapy in Switzerland. That same year she moved from Klaipėda to Kaunas, because their home territory was reintegrated into the German Reich on 23 March 1939 and participated in the Lithuanian citizenship. From 1963 she lived in Vilnius. In 1967 she was awarded the title of "people's writer of the Lithuanian SSR ".

After her death at the age of 81 years in 1978 to her summer house was rebuilt in 1984 Priekulė to a museum, the Ieva - Simonaitytė Memorial ( Ievos Simonaitytės memorialinis Muziejus ). According to her also the Ieva - Simonaitytė Literature Prize ( Ievos Simonaitytės literatūrinė premija ) has been designated by the city of Klaipeda has awarded since 1987.

Works

  • Aukštujų Šimonių likimas, novel, 1935
  • Pavasarių audra, narrative, 1938
  • Vilius Karalius, novel, 1939, 1956
  • Be TEVO, novel, 1941
  • Apysakos, short stories, 1948
  • Pikčiurnienė, novel, 1953
  • O BUVO taip, autobiography, 1960
  • Ne ta pastogė, autobiography, 1962
  • Nebaigta knyga, autobiography, 1965
  • Paskutinė Kūnėlio kelionė, short stories, 1971
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