About
Lithuanian poet, novelist, and priest whose literary works dealt with the priesthood and religious faith. He is best remembered for a 1933 novel entitled In the Shadow of the Altars.
Before Fame
He attended the Seinai Priest Seminary and the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy. He published his debut poetic work in 1917.
Trivia
He taught at the University of Lithuania.
Family Life
He was raised in Pilotiskes, Lithuania. He died in his seventies and was buried in the city of Vilnius.
Associated With
He and Czeslaw Milosz were both famous writers from Lithuania.
