Jurgis Jankus: gyvenimas ir kūryba

LTKnyga skirta talentingo prozininko, dramaturgo, publicisto Jono Jankaus gyvenimui ir kūrybai. Monografinės formos studija parašyta pažymint šio originalaus kūrėjo šimtąsias gimimo metines. J. Jankui pripažinimą pelnė romanų dilogija „Egzaminai“ ir „Be krantų“, išleista tarpukario Lietuvoje. Didžiąją gyvenimo dalį gyveno JAV, kur sukurti reikšmingiausi kūriniai. Knygoje pristatomi svarbiausi rašytojo gyvenimo faktai, pagrindiniai kūriniai ir jų interpretacijos. Šalia kūrybos analizės nemažai dėmesio skirta kūrybos impulsams, psichologijai. Pateiktas ir platus kultūrinis, visuomeninis kontekstas, lydėjęs rašytoją nelengvame gyvenimo kelyje. Nemažai vietos taip pat skirta kai kuriems kultūrinio, literatūrinio gyvenimo išeivijoje aspektams. Atkreipia dėmesį kūrėjo žmogiškosios savybės, pasiaukojimas artimam žmogui.

ENJurgis Jankus, trainee of Kedainiai and Siauliai Teachers Seminaries and Kaunas Vytautas Didysis University, who successfully worked as a teacher in Lithuanian provinces, became famous by the novels Exams and Without Shores, published by Sakalas in 1938. Recognition was doubtless. It is obvious from reading the then periodicals. "With his Exams Jankus nicely passed the exams to acquire the true, highly cultured writers name", wrote Fabijonas Neveravicius (Dienovidis, 1938, No 7-8). Algirdas Gustaitis in Naujoji Romuva (1938, No 39) called the debutant adult person master and mouthpiece of brave word. Be krantu was well appreciated by already known and perspective young writer, not tended to deliver credits, Viktoras Katilius (Dienovidis, 1939, No l): "Non-stopping lyricism, word sensitivity, nature and love scene subtlety - all is pulsing in a beat with soul and experiences of the main character. One can feel author open and sincere, i.e. like we want to see the writer." Gifted belletrist had to have a long life full of creation. Many people, not only the closest, have noticed that Jurgis Jankus had inborn writing like water for a fish. 79 years were dedicated for writing (the first prose texts were published in 1923). Though he was acknowledged in Lithuania, matured there and formed like a person, most of his life he had to spend far from the motherland, in USA, where he wrote his most significant pieces.JURGIS JANKUS - is the book about life and creation of gifted prosaist, dramatist and publicist. A study in monograph form was issued in memoriam of the hundredth anniversary of this original creator. The book presents the most important facts, main creations and their interpretations. Along with creation analysis much attention is paid at creativity impulses and psychology. Broad cultural and social context, accompanying the writer on his life path is given. Lot of place is dedicated to some aspects of cultural and literature life in emigration. Writer s human features and self-sacrifice for the close persons attract attention. Author of the book maintained permanent contacts with the writer who lived in USA from 1989 till his death. In Lithuania he held a couple of creation parties with participation of the writer, was editor and publisher of one of his new books Papelkiu Skirpstunas. Various information has been gathered during almost 20 years about J. Jankus. In this work, after death of the writer, his daughter-in-law Danute helped much. In the writing recollections written by author in USA are used. Reader will find a detailed portrait of famous writer, whose works come back to Lithuania.