About
Writer, ethnographer, and historian who was a key figure in the Lithuanian national revival. His works include an 1838 history of Lithuania and several collections of Samogitian and Lithuanian folk tales.
Before Fame
He received a law degree from Vilnius University. He subsequently worked as a translator in Riga, Latvia.
Trivia
His novel Palangos petris has been compared to Robinson Crusoe.
Family Life
He was raised in Kalviai, Lithuania.
Associated With
He and Czeslaw Milosz were fellow Lithuanian writers.
