Maironis ✝

priest, professor; 19th and 20th centuries Lithuanian romantic poet, who wrote such well-known works in Lithuania as "Castle of Trakai", "Lietuva Brangi" and many others.
1893-1894 and 1909-1932 taught at the Kaunas Seminary, 1909–1932. rector of the seminary. 1894-1909 - Professor of the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy; since 1903 - doctor of theology. 1922-1932 Kaunas University, (Vytautas the Great University since 1930) Head of the Department of Moral Theology. 1923-1924 in 1932 awarded the title of honorary doctor of Vytautas the Great University.
The young poet wrote his first poems in Polish; he later destroyed these attempts. The most important part of the work is the lyrics. Based on this manifestation of romanticism, the 20th century developed. Lithuanian poetry of the first half. Quite a few poems have been turned into folk songs, music for some of them was written by Juozas Naujalis and Česlovas Sasnauskas.

in 1885 Under the pseudonym of Žvalionis, the poem "Lietuvos vargas" was first published in the "Aušros" newspaper (later named "Miškas ir liteuvis", and in the last edition "Miškas ūžia"). in 1891 Maironis' first book was published - "History of Lithuania, or short stories about Lithuania's past", signed under the pseudonym of Stanislaus Zanavykas. This book was a direct result of his studies at the Theological Seminary.

During his theological studies, he expressed little poetic creativity. The poet began to sign under the pseudonym Maironis while studying at the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy. in 1895 Maironis' collection of poems "Voices of Spring" appeared.