Žemaitė
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thumb|Notes of Žemaitė Žemaitė (, , "Samogitian woman") was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė ( – 7 December 1921). She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and lecturer. 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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Žemaitė was a Lithuanian female writer born on June 4, 1845, and died on December 7, 1921, in Marijampolė. She was a citizen of Lithuania and wrote in the Lithuanian language.
Her notable works include Razkazi, Rudens vakaras, Marti, Žemaitės Raštai karės metu, and Autobiografija. Records indicate she produced a work count of 13, while other sources list 36 works.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1845
- Died
- 1921
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Razkazi
- Rudens vakaras
- Marti
- Žemaitės Raštai karės metu
- Autobiografija
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Writer.name
- Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė
- Writer.image
- Žemaitė su A. ir A. Bulotomis (cropped).jpg
- Writer.caption
- Žemaitė in ~1916
- Writer.birth_place
- , Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
- Writer.death_place
- Marijampolė, Suvalkija, Lithuania
- Writer.occupation
- writer
- Writer.language
- Lithuanian
- Writer.spouse
- Laurynas Žymantas
- Writer.signature
- Žemaitė parašas.svg
- Writer.parents
- Antanas Beniuševičius Julijana Sciepuraitė
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Lithuania
- Place of death
- Marijampolė
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Lithuanian
- Image
- Žemaitė su A. ir A. Bulotomis (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1845-06-04
- date of death
- 1921-12-07
- Commons category
- Žemaitė
- writing language
- Lithuanian
- P8168
- Nagaizumi
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Žemaitė, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Life
- Pseudonym
- Works
- Legacy
- References
- Sources
thumb|Notes of Žemaitė Žemaitė (, , "Samogitian woman") was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė ( – 7 December 1921). She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and lecturer. 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.
==Life== Žemaitė was born in a manor house near Plungė in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire. Her father Antanas Beniuševičius (died 1878) served as a manor steward and her mother Julijana Sciepuraitė (died 1874) was a housekeeper. Žemaitė had three sisters.
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