Mykolas Sluckis | |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1928 |
Birth Place: | Panevėžys, Lithuania |
Death Date: | February 25, 2013 |
Occupation: | Writer |
Notable Works: | Laiptai į dangų |
Citizenship: | Lithuania |
Mykolas Sluckis (October 20, 1928 – February 25, 2013) was a Lithuanian writer.[1] [2] [3]
He was among the very few Lithuanian Jewish writers who wrote in Lithuanian.[1]
Sluckis was born in Panevėžys family of a poor craftsman, Gecelis (Hetzel) Sluckis.[4] In the Soviet Union his full name in Russian was given as "Миколас Гецелевич Слуцкис".[5] During World War II, in summer 1941 (when Lithuania was under Soviet occupation) he was evacuated from the Soviet Young Pioneer camp in Palanga and lived in a rural orphanage in Russia, in Malmyzhsky District of the Kirov Oblast. In Winter 1944 he, with many other children, was returned to Vilnius.[6] [7] His parents and brother were killed in Holocaust, only he and his younger sister survived.[4] In 1951, he graduated from the history and philology department of Vilnius University majoring in Russian philology.[1]
For 20 years he was married to Regina née Važgauskaitė and they had daughter Snieguole.[7]
Among other works, Sluckis wrote some 20 books for children and youth, mostly in his early years.[1] He also wrote essays of literary criticism, plays and screenplays.[2]
His novel Laiptai į dangų ("Stairway to Heaven") served as a base for the 1966 .
His short story Svetimos aistros ("Strangers' Passions") served as a base for the 1983 Latvian film .
His works have been translated into 25 languages.[3]