Leonardas Sauka (5 January 1931 – 17 October 2022) was a Lithuanian

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

, linguist, translator, and academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (1996)."Leonardas Sauka"
a profile at the

Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

(retrieved 19 July 2015)

Awards

*2001:

Jonas Basanavičius Jonas Basanavičius (, pl, Jan Basanowicz; 23 November 1851 – 16 February 1927) was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival. He participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often give ...

Award ( lt) *2005: *2009: Baltic Assembly Prize for Science

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1931 births 2022 deaths Lithuanian folklorists Linguists from Lithuania Lithuanian academicians People from Telšiai {{lithuania-bio-stub