Kristijonas Donelaitis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kristijonas Donelaitis

Prussian Lithuanian Lutheran pastor, poet, author of The Seasons

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1714

Place of Birth: Lasdinehlen, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1780

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Kristijonas Donelaitis (Latin: Christian Donalitius; 1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor.
He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuanian-speaking minority.
He wrote the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons (Lithuanian: Metai), which became one of the principal works of Lithuanian poetry.
The poem, a classic work of Lithuanian literature, depicts everyday life of Lithuanian peasants, their struggle with serfdom, and the annual cycle of life.