Keturi vėjai (''The Four Winds'') was a Lithuanian literary movement and literary magazine, active from 1924 to 1928. The ''Keturi vėjai'' movement began with the publication of ''The Prophet of the Four Winds'' by Kazys Binkis (1893–1942). The theoretical basis of ''Keturi vėjai'' initially was futurism which arrived through Russia from the West, and it later was influenced by cubism,

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, surrealism,

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, and German expressionism. The most influential futurist for Lithuanian writers was Russian poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

. Members of ''Keturi vėjai'' included founder Kazys Binkis, Antanas Rimydis (b. 1905), Juozas Tysliava (b. 1902), Salys Šemerys (b. 1898), Juozas Žengė (b. 1899), and Teofilis Tilvytis (b. 1903).Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas. ''Keturi vėjai ir keturvėjinikai'', ''Aidai'', 1949, No. 24
/ref> Poet Adomas Jakštas was a fierce critic of the ''Keturi vėjai'' movement. He objected to its literary principles, aesthetics, and philosophy. The only poet of that generation not attracted to ''Keturi vėjai'' was Stasys Santvaras, who was more interested in symbolism and expressionism than in modern forms of poetry. The poetry of

dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Pari ...

ist Pranas Morkūnas (1900–1941) has been characterized as a continuation of rebellion started by ''Keturi vėjai'' against traditional poetry. The Lithuanian school ''Keturi vėjai'' in Dublin, Ireland is named after the literary movement.

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