Emils Cirulis: A Writer’s Unwavering Passion for Rūdolfs Blaumanis

The hand that was born to write and write tirelessly is not tired even at the age of eighty-five. Lower, neat letters with slightly open letter tops. LÄ«dzena rows. Notepad – white as writing if you open and there’s a heart. It is September 1968. “Mä«Ä¼o Brakus JÄ nät!” the old, lonely man wrote his letter on RÅ«dolf Blaumņ’s “Brakiem” Úrgävrtä, addressing the museum employee, which did not last long the deceased writes about the old man’s confidant.

“When I received your letter with the invitation to come to Brakos to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Blauma’s death, I was or should be crying: I couldn’t make it, I couldn’t stand the distance trip in the current conditions. THIS would have been my big day in the sunset years, I really felt it. […] It’s good that at least one of them will be one of Blaumņa’s literate children. All these days I will live or only remember Blaumani […] When my partner was still alive and we both came to Brakos – it would be a one-time thing! He died 60 years ago as a representative of his family at Blauma’s grave, I was lonely and sad: – but now, after 60 years, we both stand by Blauma’s grave a grave…† – in his creative works, the mind used to conjure up life from afar imagines this impossible scene for a moment and then returns to reality again his writing table: “I completely compared – how I was then and how I am now. Then I was alone and now, after 60 years, I have lost my close friends – and I am alone.â€

EmÄ«ls CÄ«rulis meets RÅ«dolfs Blaumani in the writer’s rich life – these are only a few meetings and correspondence in 1907 and 1908, but they remain unextinguished. I have an impression on CÄ«ruļa’s work. Praising the plays of the new entrant, but not expressing too much appreciation for the poets presented to him, Blaumanis advises E. Că«ruli to turn to dramaturgy, even more – recommending to write only the plays that the young writer sees, continuing to write plays throughout the year. This is followed by film scenarios.

Emel’s partner Olga is the first and most active stager of written plays. The mystical meeting of young people who are not mutually acquainted with each other, when the Latvian society is saying goodbye to Blauma, is happening again – on the coast of KatrÄ«nbä or PabaÅů järmala. both are incomers. Olga Veicmane first came here as a private teacher for the daughter of Captain Raison, but thanks to her ambition, she founded a school, which is considered to be the current Saulkrasti High School. pool. Emäls comes to Pabaųs in turn forced by circumstances – the loss of his family’s land ownership forces him to move to the border and start work in the Päterupe hunting farm. Acquaintance with Olga followed, marriage and active work for the good of society – the Cărui couple play a big role in the cultural life of the neighborhood.

When remembering EmÄ«la CÄ«ruli, it is customary to mention his main merits for Saulkrasti – the life of the ancient coastal villages is reflected not only in the “Saulkrasti Chronicle” but also in a large number of letters. “those plays, one of which gave the celebrated place the name “Saulkraste”. The atmosphere of neighborhood events influenced the writer himself as well – his partner’s work at school and active work in the Women’s Committee of the Pä“terupe parish give substance to EmÄ«la CÄ«ruļa’s dramaturgy. for work. And there are many understandable and descriptive local events in the ladies’ plays! Plays are popular not only with local residents, but also with summer vacationers. That is why it is so unusual to read that the otherwise famous and prolific comedy writer dwells so much on his year-evening letters, a truly sad memory. †Ä s.

By donating books from his library to the “Braku” museum from victims of the Second World War, EmÄ«ls Cärulis reveals another little-known page of his life: “..and then the play “Young Spirit” is covered with white paper and the title is written. Leave it as it is. It is the work of my daughter, who is no more. She was the first student in elementary school, the first student to graduate from high school, she studied. But fate decided that she left her homeland and a foreign land in 1950 and died of a head tumor. I am so left with the company of the tombstone and grass and sand from the grave. She was the only one for us.â€

Little is known about the personality of Emīl Cīruļas, whose testimony is of great importance to the impression of the writer Rūdolfs Blaumaņas, which is confirmed by the later years of his life on R. BlaumaŠLetters written by memorial museums. One gets the impression that Emīls Cīrulis, at least for a year, is still living under the influence of the ancient, sixty-year preserved memory and the personality of Blaumas.

2024-01-07 13:45:20


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