Lazdynų Pelėda (literally: ''Hazelnut Owl'') was the common
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
of two
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
n sisters writers:
Sofija Ivanauskaitė-Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926) and
Marija Ivanauskaitė-Lastauskienė (1872–1957), who were individually mostly known by their respective marriage names. Sofija (Sophia) married a landowner R. Pšibiliauskas (Przybylewski). Marija (Maria) married Belarusian literary critic and politician
Vaclau Lastouski
Vaclaŭ Justynavič Lastoŭski (, , russian: Вацлав Усти́нович Ласто́вский), 8 November 1883 – 23 January 1938) was a leading figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the early 20th century and the Prime Min ...
(Lastauskas).
Their father, painter
Nikodemas Ivanauskas, was a member of
Lithuanian nobility.
Since 1966 a museum is established in their former farmstead.
In 1993 a monument to the sisters was erected 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 ...
(sculptor
Dalia Matulaitė, architects
Jūras Balkevičius and
Rimantas Buivydas Rimantas (shortened as Rimas) is a masculine Lithuanian given name. The feminine form of the name is Rimantė. Notable people with the name include:
* Rimantas Astrauskas (b. 1955), physicist, ecologist, and signatory of the 1990 Act
*Rimantas Jo ...
).
References
External links
Lazdynų Pelėda: Complete bibliography
Sister duos
Collective pseudonyms
20th-century Lithuanian women writers
20th-century Lithuanian writers
Pseudonymous women writers
20th-century pseudonymous writers
19th-century pseudonymous writers
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