Dionizas Poška, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dionizas Poška

Lithuanian poet, ethnographer, lexicographer and philologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Lėlaičiai, Lithuania

Date of Death: 12-May-1830

Profession: poet, ethnologist, archaeologist, ethnographer, philologist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dionizas Poška (October 1764 – 12 May 1830) was a Lithuanian cultural figure of the early 19th-century Samogitian Revival, the early stage of the Lithuanian National Revival.
Born to a family of petty Samogitian gentry, Poška attended Kražiai College and worked as a lawyer.
He dedicated the last decade of his life to cultural work.
He had wide interests in the Lithuanian language, culture, and history.
He collected archaeological artifacts and antiques and stored them in Baublys (plural: Baubliai), which is considered to be the first Lithuanian museum.
Poška wrote many works but during his life he published only a letter poem and two articles on history.
His most famous work is epic poem "The Peasant of Samogitia and Lithuania" (Mužikas Žemaiciu ir Lietuvos).
He also compiled a trilingual Polish–Latin–Lithuanian dictionary but did not finish it.