Žemaitė, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Žemaitė

Lithuanian writer

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1845

Place of Birth: Plungė, Telšiai County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1921

Profession: writer

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Žemaite (literally female Samogitian) was the pen name of Julija Beniuševiciute-Žymantiene (4 June [O.S.
23 May] 1845 – 7 December 1921).
She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and educator.
Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival.
She wrote about peasant life in the style best described as realism.