Kristijonas Donelaitis - Vilnius, Lithuania
N 54° 40.965 E 025° 17.200
35U E 389543 N 6060836
This statue of Kristijonas Donelaitis, a Prussian Lithuanian Lutheran pastor and poet, is located on the Vilnius University campus in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania.
Waymark Code: WMPJ3P
Location: Lithuania
Date Posted: 09/05/2015
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ABOUT THE STATUE:
The statue is located at the northern building of Vilnius University. It is a 3-meter tall fiberglass statue of Kristijonas Donelaitis sitting with a book on his lap. It was created by sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas in 1963.
ABOUT THE MAN:
"Kristijonas Donelaitis (1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780; Latin: Christian Donalitius) was a Prussian Lithuanian Lutheran pastor and poet. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable minority of ethnic Lithuanians. 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."
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