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Žemaitė
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Also known as Žemaitÿe, Julija Žymantienÿe

thumb|Notes of Žemaitė Žemaitė (, , "Samogitian woman") was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė ( – 7 December 1921). She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and lecturer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival. She wrote about peasant life in the style best described as realism.

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Born
1845
Died
1921
Works
13

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  • Razkazi
  • Rudens vakaras
  • Marti
  • Žemaitės Raštai karės metu
  • Autobiografija

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Writer.name
Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė
Writer.image
Žemaitė su A. ir A. Bulotomis (cropped).jpg
Writer.caption
Žemaitė in ~1916
Writer.birth_place
, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
Writer.death_place
Marijampolė, Suvalkija, Lithuania
Writer.occupation
writer
Writer.language
Lithuanian
Writer.spouse
Laurynas Žymantas
Writer.signature
Žemaitė parašas.svg
Writer.parents
Antanas Beniuševičius Julijana Sciepuraitė

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date of birth
1845-06-04
date of death
1921-12-07
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36 objects attributed to Žemaitė, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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thumb|Notes of Žemaitė Žemaitė (, , "Samogitian woman") was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė ( – 7 December 1921). She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and lecturer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival. She wrote about peasant life in the style best described as realism.

==Life== Žemaitė was born in a manor house near Plungė in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire. Her father Antanas Beniuševičius (died 1878) served as a manor steward and her mother Julijana Sciepuraitė (died 1874) was a housekeeper. Žemaitė had three sisters.

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