Vladas Braziūnas: towards the Baltic secret

In the poetry of Vladas Braziūnas born in Pasvalys region signs of regionality – attention to the land and its cultural heritage, to the ethnic context of his native land, people and realities of the past – are very important. In the creative work of the poet attention is paid to the memory bringing back to life everything what developed and formed him spiritually: various relations with people, personalities and things. Thus the particular importance of antiquity in his poetry is emphasized. Looking for personal identification predetermines the rise of Baltic contexts in Braziūnas poetry: motifs of the history, mentality and cultural heritage of Baltic tribes become a very important part of his poetry and the most important motifs. In Braziūnas' creative work great attention is paid to the definition of relations between the Latvians and Lithuanians - the Baits who have remained alive. The influence of the past predetermined the poet's specific conception of the language in order to appeal to the Baltic, ethnic subconsciousness of the readers and to arouse their national consciousness. Because of that Braziūnas poetry is so exceptional in the context of modern poetr