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Maironis
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Maironis was the pen name of Jonas Mačiulis (2 November 1862 – 28 June 1932), a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and one of the most known and influential Lithuanian poets, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival ().
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Maironis was a Lithuanian poet, theologian, university teacher, and translator. He was a member of the Lithuanian ethnic group and a male citizen of Lithuania. His religious affiliation was with the Catholic Church. He wrote in the Lithuanian language and worked in the fields of literature, poetry, literary studies, and theology.
He was educated at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Kaunas Priest Seminary. His professional career included positions at Vytautas Magnus University, the Kaunas Priest Seminary, and the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy. He was born on October 21, 1862, and died on June 28, 1932.
His notable works include *Musu vargai*, *Izbrannoe*, *GRAŽI TU MANO*, *Musų vargai*, and *Baladės*. He is buried at the Kaunas Cathedral Basilica in Kaunas, which was also his place of death.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1862
- Died
- 1932
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Musu vargai
- Izbrannoe
- GRAŽI TU MANO
- Musų vargai
- Baladės
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 217
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Recent publications · Crossref
1 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Writer.pseudonym
- Maironis
- Writer.birth_place
- manor, Kaunas Governorate, Russian Empire
- Writer.image
- Jonas_Maciulis-Maironis.jpg
- Writer.name
- Jonas Mačiulis
- Writer.death_place
- Kaunas, Lithuania
- Writer.resting_place
- Kaunas Cathedral Basilica
- Writer.genre
- Romanticism
- Writer.occupation
- Priest, poet, playwright
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lithuania
- Place of death
- Kaunas
- Educated at
- Kaunas Priest Seminary
- Languages spoken
- Lithuanian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- theology
- Image
- Jonas Maciulis-Maironis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Maironis
- date of birth
- 1862-10-21
- date of death
- 1932-06-28
- Commons gallery
- Maironis
- ethnic group
- Lithuanians
- writing language
- Lithuanian
- place of burial
- Kaunas Cathedral Basilica
- pseudonym
- Maironis
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Life
- Early years
- Ecclesiastical and academic career
- In Saint Petersburg
- In Lithuania
- World War I
- Interwar
- Works
- Death and legacy
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Maironis was the pen name of Jonas Mačiulis (2 November 1862 – 28 June 1932), a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and one of the most known and influential Lithuanian poets, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival ().
In his poetry, he expressed the national aspirations of the Lithuanian National Revival and was highly influential in Lithuanian society and poetry. The Maironian school in Lithuanian literature was named after him. Maironis was active in public life. However, the Lithuanian literary historian Juozas Brazaitis writes that Maironis was not.
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