Juozas Glinskis

Juozas Glinski (* October 15, 1933, Sindriūnai region Pasvalis, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian poet and playwright.

Work and influence

Glinski set new standards in the development of the Lithuanian theater in the second half of the 20th century. He broke with the traditional, usually poetic drama, and is known as the pioneer of the Lithuanian " theater of cruelty ".

The writer himself calls his work but "cognitive dramas ". Tick ​​the protective " limits of common sense "; the dramatic dynamics of the game is based on dark shades and manifestations of evil. In the drama expressed, it is the sarcastic grotesque, an anti- psychological caricature, an unconscious hysteria and a combination of folklore, indigenous motifs, exuberance and romantic feeling. " Grasos namai " and " Kinga " (listed under the direction of Jonas Jura Shas, Jonas Vaitkus 1970.1980 ) are notable as plays, featuring a turning point in the hierarchy of aesthetic values ​​in the Lithuanian theater. These and other spectacles of Glinski required new means of expression by the Lithuanian theater: bare slopes, rough validation of the reality superiority of metaphors and avant-garde challenges.

Recently ( The children of a father ) came to his published work in 2003 Vieno Tevo Vaikai the highest literary award in Lithuania.

Political Activities

Glinski was involved with his family strongly within the Lithuanian independence movement against the oppression by the Soviet dictatorship and was a member of the Freedom Party Sąjūdis. As a political ally and friend of Vytautas Landsbergis, the first head of state of Lithuania after the restoration of independence in 1990, he wrote from 1990 to 1991 Landsbergis ' biography and the history of Lithuanian independence in the book Laisvės Byla ( acts of freedom ).