Julija Pranaitytė, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julija Pranaitytė

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1881

Place of Birth: Panenupiai, Lithuania

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1944

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Julija "Jule" Pranaityte (26 June 1881 – 29 January 1944) was a Lithuanian newspaper editor, book publisher, and one of the first Lithuanian women travelers.
She was educated in Saint Petersburg (Russia), La Chapelle-Montligeon (France), and Ingenbohl (Switzerland).
After the death of her fiance poet Pranas Vaicaitis in 1901, she moved to United States where she collaborated with priest Antanas Milukas and edited the Catholic-minded magazine Žvaigžde until her death.
Using her personal funds, she published about 35 Lithuanian books.
Together with Milukas, she published about a hundred books.
She translated religious texts from French and wrote travel books on her journey to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus (published in 1914), Lithuania (1928), Spain (1932).
She died in poverty and obscurity in 1944.