Bronius Krivickas (17 November 1919 – 21 September 1952) was a Lithuanian writer, poet, literary critic, and anti-Soviet partisan.

[2][3] Having enjoyed writing at an early age, Krivickas studied Lithuanian and French languages and literature at the Vytautas Magnus University.

Krivickas established himself as a literary and theater critic, as well as poet and novella writer, and also developed a friendship with Mamertas Indriliūnas.

In 1929, the family moved to the Kiauliškės village in the Biržai District as Krivickas' parents sold their farm for a bigger one.

[9] The same year Krivickas started to study at the Vytautas Magnus University at the faculty of theology and philosophy, specifically Lithuanian and French language and literature.

[7] To continue earning money and out of fear of being sent to Germany for work, from 1944 he assisted in editing the newspapers Naujoji Romuva, Darbininkas, Kūryba, XX amžius.

Working as a communicator between them, intensely studying languages, keeping a large amount of books in his bunkers,[9] and also briefly being the second-in-command of another partisan squad led by Petras Tupėnas, Krivickas was known as "the professor".

[2][4][7][3][8][6] On 21 September 1952, not being able to resist interrogation, the area commander Jonas Kimštas was forced to reveal the location of the eastern headquarters.

[2][4][10] Krivickas compared the partisan struggle for freedom with the Israelite fight for the promised land and various other heroic medieval tales.

In such context, however, Krivickas realizes that there is very little hope, and embraces a stoic mindset in his poems, which are now one of his most famous works, Pralaimėjimas, Migla, Partizano mirtis, and Deividas prieš Goliatą (David versus Goliath).