People's Writer Of The Lithuanian SSR
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The People's Writer of the Lithuanian SSR () was a state award and an
honorary title A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify their generation, official position, military rank, professional or academic qualification, or nobility. In some languages, titles may be ins ...
of the
Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; ; ), also known as Soviet Lithuania or simply Lithuania, was '' de facto'' one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1940–1941 and 1944–1990. After 1946, its terr ...
to distinguished Lithuanian writers. It was established in 1957 and awarded by the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (; , ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Litovskoy SSR'') was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Lithuanian SSR, one of the republics constituting the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet was established ...
. Frequently, the award was granted on the occasion of writer's anniversary. It was awarded until the re-established independence of Lithuania in 1990. A similar title was the People's Poet of the Lithuanian SSR ().


People's Writers

*1957: Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas *1963: Vincas Mykolaitis-PutinasArticle "МИКОЛАЙТИС-ПУТИНАС Винцас Юозович" in ''
Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Enc ...
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*1965:
Antanas Venclova Antanas Venclova (7 January 1906 – 28 June 1971) was a Soviet and Lithuanian politician, poet, journalist and translator. Early life Born in Kalvarija Municipality, Trempiniai in Suwałki Governorate, Venclova studied Lithuanian, Russian ...
*1967:
Ieva Simonaitytė Ieva Simonaitytė or Ewa Simoneit (23 January 1897 – 27 August 1978) was a Lithuanian writer. She represented the culture of Lithuania Minor and Klaipėda Region, territories of German East Prussia with historically large, but dwindling, Lithuan ...
*1968: Aleksandras Gudaitis-Guzevičius *1969:
Juozas Baltušis Albertas Juozėnas, mostly known by his pseudonym Juozas Baltušis (27 April ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 14 April1909 – 4 February 1991) was a Soviet Lithuanian writer, radio and press operative and public figure. A popular author in ...
*1971: Juozas Grušas *1974: Juozas Paukštelis *1979: Kostas Korsakas *1983: *1984: Mykolas Sluckis *1986:


See also

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People's Writer People's Writer is a honorary title to distinguished writers. The title originated in the Soviet Union and was granted by the Republics of the Soviet Union and the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics. Some post-Soviet states The post-Sovi ...
for titles of this type in other places * People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peoples Writer of the Lithuanian SSR 1957 establishments in Lithuania Awards established in 1957 1990 disestablishments in Lithuania Awards disestablished in 1990 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Honorary titles of the Soviet Union Soviet literary awards Lists of Lithuanian people Lists of writers by award