Author, Priest. Jonas Maironis, pseudonym of Jonas Mačiulis, was born into a family of free peasants. He studied literature at the Faculty of History and Philology of Kiev University. He studied at the theological seminary in Kaunas and St. Petersburg, which is when he began to use the pseudonym of Maironis. He served as rector of the seminary in Kaunas until 1922. While there, he became a member of the Lithuanian National Revival, which sought to revive use of the Lithuanian language and the culture. He then served as professor of literature at the Lithuanian University. In his poetry he expressed the hopes and aspirations of the Lithuanian people at the time of their struggle for independence. His poetry was published in the collection "Pavasario Balsai". He also wrote three historical dramas on the life of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Author, Priest. Jonas Maironis, pseudonym of Jonas Mačiulis, was born into a family of free peasants. He studied literature at the Faculty of History and Philology of Kiev University. He studied at the theological seminary in Kaunas and St. Petersburg, which is when he began to use the pseudonym of Maironis. He served as rector of the seminary in Kaunas until 1922. While there, he became a member of the Lithuanian National Revival, which sought to revive use of the Lithuanian language and the culture. He then served as professor of literature at the Lithuanian University. In his poetry he expressed the hopes and aspirations of the Lithuanian people at the time of their struggle for independence. His poetry was published in the collection "Pavasario Balsai". He also wrote three historical dramas on the life of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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From his poem "Raseiniai Magde" translated to English
How I loved that white grandfather,
Who was still a small child, when
he called me on winter evenings,
He would start telling me
tales from the cold grave,
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