Žemaitė
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Žemaitė was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė. She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and lecturer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in th
Žemaitė in ~1916
Notes of Žemaitė
Povilas Višinskis
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Povilas Višinskis was a Lithuanian cultural and political activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He is best remembered as a mentor of literary talent. He discovered Julija Žymantienė and adv
Žemaitė
…attempts at writing, first in Polish and then exclusively in Lithuanian. In 1883, the family moved to a village near Užventis. She came in contact with Povilas Višinskis who gave her various Lithuanian periodicals (Aušra, Varpas, and Apžvalga), and encouraged her to write and participate in the national awakening of…
Povilas Višinskis around 1903
Višinskis' birthplace, now a memorial museum in 2008
Višinskis (standing on the right) with his parents and brother in summer 1896
Photo of Višinskis in Yalta in 1898