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Kostas Korsakas
Kostas Korsakas (5 October 1909 – 22 November 1986) was a Lithuanian and Soviet literary researcher, critic, philologist, poet and public figure. Biography Born in to a poor working-class family, Korsakas spent most of his childhood in Riga where his parents looked for work. He did not finish his secondary education and was expelled from his gymnasium for student activities. He started his literary activity in 1923 and wrote journalistic articles under the pseudonym Jonas Radžvilas. In 1925, In Šiauliai, he edited the futurists' newspaper and from 1931 to 1933 he editor of the literary department of the magazine , and from 1933 to 1941 the actual editor of the magazine. In 1928, Korsakas was arrested alongside some fellow students who were interested in Marxism and was held in the . A group of their friends requested amnesty from the president Antanas Smetona by starting a petition which ended up successful. Korsakas was expelled from the Lithuanian Komsomol after receiving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antanas Smetona
Antanas Smetona (; 10 August 1874 – 9 January 1944) was a Lithuanian intellectual and journalist and the first President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1926 to 1940, before its occupation by the Soviet Union. He was one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World War I and World War II, and was one of the most prominent ideologists of nationalism in Lithuania. Early life and education Smetona was born on in the village of Užulėnis, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire, to a family of farmers – former serfs of the Taujėnai Manor, which belonged to the Radziwiłł family. Researcher Kazimieras Gasparavičius has traced Smetona's patrilineal ancestry to Laurentijus who was born around 1695 and lived near Raguva. Smetona was the eighth of nine children. His parents were hardworking people who managed to double their inherited . His father was literate and Smetona learned to read at home. His father died in 1885 when Smetona was only 11 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Fritsche
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Lithuanian Marxists
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Academic Staff Of Vilnius University
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Lithuanian Journalists
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Lithuanian Literary Critics
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Lithuanian Philologists
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1986 Deaths
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1909 Births
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