ALBINAS ŠMULKŠTYS - DVASINIŲ VERTYBIŲ IEŠKOTOJAS
Albinas Šmulkštys in the Quest for Spiritual Values

Summary/Abstract: Albinas Šmulkštys (2.1.1918-23.9.2004), a son of Suvalkija, a doctor of medicine (1948) and member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, came back to Lithuania (1994) half a century after he left it, in 1944. For some time he lived in Vilnius, but later changed to Panevėžys. He resided in Panevėžys until his death, and was buried there. In 1994, Šmulkštys published his first poetry book Unheard-of and Unseen Fairy-Tales. His next book, Letters to the Children's Kingdom, came out in 2000. It stressed the importance of the ruler and his moral policy in the nation's life, and the importance of spiritual values, based on faith, morals and truth. Šmulkštys is known as a translator of philosophical and theological books from English, German and French. Dr Albinas Šmulkštys supported or fully covered the publication costs of about 20 books, he purchased modern medical equipment for the out-patients' clinic of his native Liudvinavas (Marijampolė) and the family clinic in Panevėžys, provided doctors with free medicaments, and together with other doctors went on visits to remote villages to give free consultations to the old and nursing mothers. By sharing his own spiritual values, and by his philanthropic deeds, Dr Šmulkštys left a bright, yet still little-known, mark in the history of our nation.

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