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Memorial Sites for Poet Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas

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Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas, one of the most prominent Lithuanian émigré poets of the 20th century, was also a literary critic and translator. In 1997, he became a laureate of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize and an honorary doctor of Vytautas Magnus University. He was born in 1919 in Nemeikščiai (Utena District). The poet graduated from Utena Gymnasium in 1938 and later studied Romance languages and philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. He continued his studies at Vilnius University, graduating in 1942, where he became acquainted with Bronys Krivickas and Vytautas Mačernis. In 1944, the poet emigrated to Germany, and in 1949, he moved to the USA, where he worked at the Library of Congress in

Washington and edited various publications. He also contributed to the anthology “Žemė” (1951) and was a member of the editorial boards of the journals “Literatūros lankai,” “Aidai,” and “Metmenys.” The poet’s life journey ended in 2015 in Baltimore (USA), and his remains were returned to his homeland—he is buried in the old Utena cemetery. One of the symbols of the poet’s work is a line from his poem “Išeiti ir tik numirti čia sugrįžt” (“To leave and only to die is to return here”): “Palikit prie upės, šniokščiančios krauju, tuos namelius / ir tik numirt į juos pareit” (“Leave those little houses by the river, roaring with blood / and just die to return to them”).

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