Butkų Juzė, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Butkų Juzė

Lithuanian educator, poet, playwright and journalist

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1893

Place of Birth: Pažvelsis, Klaipėda County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1947

Profession: poet, journalist

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Butku Juze (July 21, 1893 – April 22, 1947) was the pen name of Juozas Butkus, a Lithuanian educator, poet, playwright and journalist.
He worked for numerous newspapers from 1910 onwards, including Aušrine, Žemaitis, Lietuvos žinios, and Naujojoje Lietuvoje.
In 1932 he was inducted into the Lithuanian Journalists' Union.
He wrote the play Palaidunas (Prodigal) in 1925, and translated numerous works into Lithuanian, including Goethe's Egmont.
He later worked as a museum curator and teacher at the Klaipeda Pedagogical Institute.