Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Lithuanian poet (1897–1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jurgis Baltrušaitis (2 May 1873 – 3 January 1944) was a Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator, who wrote his works in Lithuanian and Russian. In addition to his important contributions to Lithuanian literature, he was noted as a political activist and diplomat. Himself one of the foremost exponents of iconology, he was the father of art historian and critic Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr.
For his son, see Jurgis Baltrušaitis (art historian).
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Jurgis Baltrušaitis | |
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Born | (1873-04-20)20 April 1873 Paantvardys village near Jurbarkas, Russian Empire |
Died | 3 January 1944(1944-01-03) (aged 70) Paris, France |
Occupation | Diplomat, poet |
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1898) |
Genre | Symbolism |
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