Famous lithuanians

Number by catalogue:  Yvert: 754   Scott: 782  

Perforation type: 12x12

Subject:

1 lit. Portrait of Kazys Boruta* and windmill from his novel “The Mill of Baltaragis”**

Additional:

*Kazys Boruta (1905–1965), Writer, poet, translator.
After completing his education at Marijampolė Teachers’ Seminary, he studied at the Universities of Kaunas and Vienna.
In 1940–1946 K. Boruta worked at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and was appointed manager of the Vilnius Literature Museum. In 1946-1949 he was exiled to Siberia.
K. Boruta’s the most noted works are the novels “Wooden Miracles” (1938) and “The Mill of Baltaragis” (1945).

**This novella about the victory of love over the trickery of the Devil. A little devil Pinciukas is expelled from Hell and arrives to Baltaragis mill. In exchange for the mill owner's soul and the promise to have his daughter Jurga as a bride he helps the man with his work. When Jurga grows up, Pinciukas reminds Baltaragis of his promise. But Jurga falls in love with the young Girdvainis who also wishes to marry her. To prevent the groom from arriving to the mill Pinciukas sets up various schemes, all of which finally fail. Although the success of Jurga, the 'blond beauty' is a guarantee of a happy ending is an obvious consequence of the first entertaining film in Lithuanian cinema, there lingers underneath a traditional pattern, that of the daughter's arranged marriage to further the family success.