Marius Katiliškis

Marius Katiliškis (born Albinas Marius Vaitkus; 15 September 1914 – 17 December 1980) was a Lithuanian writer in exile.

Biography Katiliškis's parents were from , on the northern border of Lithuania. The future writer was born in Gruzdžiai, but he spent his childhood and early youth in the village of , a few kilometers away, from which he took his later name. He was the ninth of eleven children.