Kristijonas Donelaitis
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Kristijonas Donelaitis (Latin: Christian Donalitius;[1] 1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian[2] poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuanian-speaking minority. He wrote the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons (Lithuanian: Metai), which became one of the principal works of Lithuanian poetry.[3] The poem, a classic work of Lithuanian literature, depicts everyday life of Lithuanian peasants, their struggle with serfdom, and the annual cycle of life.[4]