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Also known as Jonas Mačiulis, Jonas Maironis-Mačiulis

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

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Maironis">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

1 total works indexed

  1. Abstract Su604: Telecommunicator Guided Repositioning to the Floor During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    · 2024

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Lithuania
Place of death
Kaunas
Languages spoken
Lithuanian
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
pseudonym
Maironis
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maironis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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