Kazys Boruta (6 January 1905, in Kūlokai, near
Marijampolė
Marijampolė (; also known by several other names) is a cultural and industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Mar ...
– 9 March 1965, in
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
) was a
Lithuanian writer, poet and political activist.
His most notable work, ''Baltaragio malūnas'' ''(Whitehorn's Windmill)'', was adapted as a play, a movie ''Velnio nuotaka (
Devil's Bride)'', and a ballet.
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1905 births
1965 deaths
People from Marijampolė Municipality
Lithuanian socialists
Lithuanian politicians
Lithuanian male poets
Lithuanian novelists
20th-century poets
20th-century novelists
20th-century male writers
Burials at Rasos Cemetery
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