Prose writer Vladas Dautartas (1927-2000) published short stories, narratives, miniatures, and novels: Panemunės apsakymai (Panemunė stories, 1958), Teka upė pro šalį (The river flows past, 1959), Jūros spalvos (The colours of the sea, 1960), Kai nurausta putinas (When the snowball tree flushes, 1963), Pokalbis su upokšniu (Conversation with a brook, 1971), Sapnuoju karalystę (I dream of a kingdom, 1979), Vėjai (Winds, 1985), Ant pakelės akmens (On the roadside stone, 1987), Jazminas tėvo sode (Jasmine in father’s garden, 1995), Senojo gluosnio pasaka (The tale of an old willow, 1980), Vaclovo Gailiaus užrašai (The jottings of Vaclovas Gailius, 1995) and prose for children.

In 2007, the publishing house, “Versus aureus”, published the selection by prose writer Vladas Dautartas, Lakštingalų naktis (The night of nightingales).

The author about himself:

“The dialog between nature and the human being is one of the main themes of my work. I am concerned about the deepening abyss between man and nature, his predatory attitude towards Mother Nature, and her intolerance. I desire my works to lessen that abyss, to depolarize man and nature, and to make him feel its tragic fate. I see nature not as a landscape but as a living organism that is full of joy, balance, and bliss, but at the same time is suffering, sad and desperate. That perception touches also a person…”

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Gamtos atspindžiai Vlado Dautarto atminimo vakare (The reflections of nature in commemoration evening of Vladas Dautartas).