Brazdžionis, Bernardas 1907–2002

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Brazdžionis, Bernardas 1907–2002

(Vyt? Nemun?lis)

PERSONAL: Born February 2, 1907, in Stebeik?liai, Lithuania; immigrated to Germany, 1944; immigrated to the United States, 1949; died July 11, 2002, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Jonas and Morta Brazdžionis; married; wife's name Aldona; children: Algis (son). Education: Lithuanian State University, Kaunas, graduated, 1934. Religion: Roman Catholic.

CAREER: Poet, editor, and journalist. Maironis Museum of Literature, Kaunas, Lithuania, curator, 1940–44; editor and typesetter for the publisher of a Lithuanian encyclopedia, Boston, MA, beginning 1949; Lietuvi? dienos (monthly journal; title means "Lithuanian Days"), Los Angeles, CA, editor, beginning 1954.

MEMBER: Lithuanian Society of Writers (president, 1961–65, 1980–83).

AWARDS, HONORS: National Literary Prize of Lithuania, c. 1939, for Kunigaikš?i? miestas: Keturios giesm?s iš Vilniaus praeities; Lithuanian literary prizes for Didžioji kryžkel?: Eil?raš?iai and Vidudienio sodai; honorary doctorate from Vytautas the Great University, 1994; Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, 1998; High Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great, 1998.

WRITINGS:

(With Kazys Aukštikalnis) Baltosios dienos (poetry; title means "White Days"), [Biržai, Lithuania], 1926.

Verkiantis vergas: Poems (title means "Weeping Slave"), Šešup?s (Marijampol?, Lithuania), 1928.

Amžinas žydas: Eil?raš?iai (poetry; title means "The Wandering Jew"), Demikis (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1931.

Krintan?ios žvaigžd?s: Eil?raš?iai socialiniai eknominiai, t?vyn?s meil?, religinio pob?džio ir lyrika (poetry; title means "Falling Stars"), Sakalas (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1933.

Ženklai ir stebuklai: Eil?raš?iai (poetry; title means "Signs and Miracles"), Sakalas (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1936.

Kunigaikš?i? miestas: Keturios giesm?s iš Vilniaus praeities (poetry; title means "City of Grand Dukes"), Sakalas (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1939, revised edition, 1940.

Šaukiu aš taut?: Piliakalni? balsai (poetry; title means "I Call the Nation"), [Kaunas, Lithuania], 1941.

Iš sudužusio laivo: 1940–41 eil?raš?iai (poetry; title means "From a Sunken Ship"), Sakalas (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1943.

Per pasaul? keliauja žmogus (poetry; title means "Man's Earthly Journey"), Sakalas (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1943.

Viešpaties žingsniai (poetry; title means "The Lord's Steps"), [Kaunas, Lithuania], 1943.

Svetimi kalnai (poetry; title means "Foreign Mountains"), A. Urbonis (Tübingen, Germany), 1945.

Šiaur?s pašvaist? (poetry; title means "Northern Lights"), L. Vismantas (Würzburg, Germany), 1947.

(Editor) Tremties metai: Lietuvi? rašytoj? metraštis, 1947, Patria (Tübingen, Germany), 1947.

(Editor) Jonas Aistis, Pilnatis: parinktos eiles, L. Vismantas (Schweinfurt, Germany), 1948.

Lietuvai t?vynei, [Chicago, IL], 1952.

Didžioji kryžkel?: Eil?raš?iai (poetry; title means "The Great Crossroads"), Terra (Chicago, IL), 1953.

Vaidila Vali?nas, Lietuvi? dienos (Los Angeles, CA), 1956.

(Editor, with Benys Babrauskas) Lietuvi? beletriskos antologija, two volumes, Lietuvišskos knygos klubas (Chicago, IL), 1957, 1965.

Vidudienio sodai (poetry; title means "Noontime Gardens"), Lietuvi? dienos (Los Angeles, CA), 1961.

Poezijos pilnatis (poetry; title means "The Wholeness of Poetry"), Brazdžionio poezijos rinktinei leisti komitetas (Los Angeles, CA), 1970, enlarged edition, Lietuvos kult?ros fondas, Sietynas (Vilnius, Lithuania), 1989.

(Editor, with Antanas Vai?iulaitis) Petras Karuža, Kazys Karuža (Chicago, IL), 1984.

Po aukštaisiais skliautais (poetry; title means "Under Heaven's Domes"), Lietuvi?dien? leidykla (Los Angeles, CA), 1989.

Tarp žem?s ir dangaus: Eil?raš?iai, edited by Laima Grigaityt?, Šviesa (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1992.

Pavasario kelion?: Lyrikos rinktin? jaunimui, Raštija (Vilnius, Lithuania), 1992.

Tysi?c obrazów, Šviesa (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1992.

Naujametiniai eil?raš?iai, Atmintis (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1994.

Vil?i? valtys: Naujametiniai eilerašciai, Rezist. paveldo archyvas Atmintis (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1995.

Šiapus ir anapus m?s? laiko: Eil?raš?iai, Lietuvos rašytoj? s?jungos leidykla (Vilnius, Lithuania), 1997.

Kur t? vel? rudeni eini …, Atmintis (Kaunas, Lithuania), 1997.

(With Algimantas Brazinskas) Mano prot?vi? žem?: Mišriam chorui su fortepijonu, Lietuvos muziku draugija (Vilnius, Lithuania), 1997.

English translations of poetry are represented in anthologies, including The Green Oak: Selected Lithuanian Poetry, edited by Clark Mills and Algirdas Landsbergis, translated by Mills and Demis Jonaitis, Voyages Press (New York, NY), 1962; Selected Post-War Lithuanian Poetry, edited and translated by Jonas Dzanys, Manyland Books (Woodhaven, NY), 1978; and Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties, edited by Walter Cummins, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Rutherford, NJ), 1993. Contributor to periodicals. Editor of journals and almanacs.