Petras Cvirka
1909
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1947
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Lithuania, Soviet Union, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
native language: Lithuanian, Russian
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian, Lithuanian
occupation: writer, poet, opinion journalist, children's writer
award received: Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Petras Cvirka (March 12, 1909 – May 2, 1947) was a Lithuanian writer of several novels, children's books, and short story collections. He wrote under a variety of pen names: A. Cvingelis, Cezaris Petrėnas, J. K. Pavilionis, K. Cvirka, Kanapeikus, Kazys Gerutis, Klangis, Klangis Petras, Klangių Petras, L. P. Cvirka, Laumakys, P. Cvinglis, P. Cvirka-Rymantas, P. Gelmė, P. Veliuoniškis, Petras Serapinas, and S. Laumakys. His works have been translated into Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, English, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, and Uzbek. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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