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About Leonardas Andriekus
- Leonardas Andriekus (born July 15, 1914 in Barstyciai, district of MaĹžeikiai, Lithuania - 2003) was a Lithuanian poet. He completed secondary school in Kretinga.
- He joined the Franciscan Order and subsequently studied at universities in Austria and Italy, where he received the degree of Doctor of Canon Law.
- He has been provincial of the Lithuanian Franciscan Fathers in the United States since 1964.
- Atviros marios (The Open seas), a collection of his poetry, was published in 1955; Saule kryĹžiuose (The Sun amidst the Crosses), 1960; and Naktigine (The Nightwatch), 1963. A selection of his poetry was translated into English by Demo Jonaitis and published as Amene in Amber in 1968.
- His first book reflects the spirit of St.
- Francis, while the two subsequent volumes draw inspiration from Lithuanian folk art and nature.
- His later poetry touches on the early history of Lithuania.
- Andriekus excels as a poet of nature.
- According to Charles Angoff, who wrote a foreword to Amene in Amber, the poem "Autumn is one of the best poems to that sombre season written in the last fifty years".
- The prevailing tone of his poetry is a seriousness that is, according to Angoff, "aden with soft sorrow".
- Andriekus is at his best when he fuses his religious thought with folk symbolism and historical motifs.
- Saule kryĹžiuose was awarded the annual prize of the Lithuanian Association for Writers in 1961.
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