Maironis

Autor: Maironis
Rok: 1862-1932
Oblast působnosti: básníci, spisovatelé, literární vědci, teologové, katoličtí kněží, vysokoškolští učitelé

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Litevský spisovatel, básník a literární vědec, též vysokoškolský učitel, katolický kněz a teolog.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Maironis (born Jonas Mačiulis 3 November [O.S. 21 October] 1862 – 28 June 1932) is one of the most famous Lithuanian poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he entered Kaunas Spiritual Seminary. While being at the seminary, Maironis became an active member of the Lithuanian National Revival. Maironis wrote a number of poems. Some of them are contained in his most famous collection of poems "Pavasario Balsai" (The Voices of Spring). Later Maironis studied at St. Petersburg Catholic Theological Academy. In the later years of his life, Maironis worked as a rector of Kaunas Priest Seminary and as a professor at the University of Lithuania, where he taught literature. He died in Kaunas (aged 69) where he was interred in the mausoleum constructed in the cathedral.