Žemaitė
Female, Deceased Person
1845 – 1921
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Who was Žemaitė?
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; 4 June [O.S. 23 May] 1845 in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer. 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.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1845
Lithuania - Also known as
- Zemaite
- Died
- Dec 7, 1921
Marijampolė
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on July 23, 2013
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