Poeto laimė

ENThe poets, who have become symbols of one or another epoch, often become hostages of stereotypes - our images of them depend on the descriptions given in school readers. Reminiscence enlivens and modifies in a certain way our understanding of well known authors as well as provides additional information about their creation. This collection of reminiscences about Bernardas Brazdžionis is also a few new sketches for his overall picture. The author touches upon such aspects as Brazdžionis' book / Call My People (1941), which was published under manuscript rights in the wartime; patriotic poems, which inspired partisans' creation; collections for children Men and Peppers (1938) and Amber Martin (1943) published under the pseudonym of Vytė Nemunėlis. The moments of personal meetings with Brazdžionis come back - when the poet returned to Lithuania, we had some conversations in Nemunas editorial office, Kaunas department of Lithuanian Writers Association, Vytautas Magnus University, and elsewhere. Epistolary friendship is exchange of views regarding creation, time and people. Brazdžionis, who could be witty and joyful when surrounded by friends, also reacted playfully to his colleagues' works in his letters - this is proved by his poem Multifaceted Untruth, a poetical review of Leonas Gudaitis book Multifaceted Truth (1998). The long-lived acquaintance with the poet and his books enabled the author of this article to perceive the harmony between the poet and his creation. Namely the unity of ethical and aesthetical values conditioned the fact that Brazdžionis, who was a personal example to many people, has remained in our minds as our nation's poet whose poetry emerges in line with the poetry of Maironis.