Išlikimo kelias: Broniaus Krivicko eilėraščių sąsiuvinis

ENOne of the most important documents in the collection of manuscripts at Pasvalys Marius Katiliškis Public Library is the hand-written notebook of poems by Bronius Krivickas (1919-1952), a partisan, poet, short-story writer, critic. The manuscript was presented to the Library by the fellow - countryman Virginijus Gasiliünas, a literature researcher, who prepared B.Krivickas's works for the press. However, the way how this manuscript has survived is not clear yet. This notebook contains poetical works and translations of Goethe's lyric poetry done by B.Krivickas during the years (1945-1949) when he was a partisan. The poems were written in pencil in a small 91 page notebook paginated by B. Krivickas himself Ihe author's handwriting is clear and calligraphic. The cover of the notebook, the first two and the last pages are missing. The years of saving the manuscript left their marks - stains, blots, but they don't block the letters. The main sign that the manuscript conveys to us is testification of the fact that in post-war Lithuania, which was physically and spiritually exhausted by deportations, deaths and treasons, there were people who dared to save the document under the threat of Siberia, deportation camp or even loss of life. Today this notebook of poems becomes an interesting object of historical, literary, cultural, existential investigations.