Julius Janonis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Julius Janonis

Lithuanian poet

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1896

Place of Birth: Beržiniai, Lithuania

Date of Death: 30-May-1917

Profession: poet

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Julius Janonis

  • Julius Janonis (4 April 1896 – 30 May 1917) was a Lithuanian poet and writer.
  • Born to a family of poor peasants, he began writing and translating poems at the age of 14.
  • Learning from Maironis, he wrote about nature and suffering of the poor.
  • His first poems were published in 1912.
  • While still a student, he began contributing articles to Lithuanian press and joined activities of leftist aušrininkai.
  • He was a social-democrat but leaned more and more towards communism and his poetry became more and more political agitation.
  • His views become even more radical when during World War I he evacuated to Voronezh and later Petrograd.
  • He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) and was imprisoned twice for revolutionary activities.
  • He contracted tuberculosis and, unwilling to become a burden, committed suicide at age 21.
  • In the Lithuanian SSR, Janonis was hailed as the "first poet of the proletariat".

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