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Mikalojus Daukša

1527 - 1613

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Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include Mikalojus Daugsza, Polish: Mikołaj Dauksza and Mikolay Dowksza; after 1527 – 16 February 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Lithuanian Catholic Church official. He is best known as the first among Lithuania's humanists to underline the need to codify and promote the Lithuanian language over Chancery Ruthenian and Polish, which were in use in the Grand Duchy at the time. Furthermore, Daukša preached the ideas of Counter-Reformation and Renaissance humanism. Daukša's Lithuanian translation of Jacob Ledesma's catechism (1595) became the first book in Lithuanian to be published in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikalojus Daukša is the 5,009th most popular writer (up from 5,053rd in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 161st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 5,009 out of 7,302. Before him are Marin Sorescu, Nikolai Tikhonov, John O'Hara, Viivi Luik, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, and Archpoet. After him are León Felipe, Ælfric of Eynsham, Isabel Briggs Myers, Dmitry Furmanov, Rod Serling, and Jan Kasprowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 21. Before him are Luca Cambiaso, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Hamida Banu Begum, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Annibale Padovano, and Łukasz Górnicki.  Among people deceased in 1613, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 14. Before him are Cigoli, Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Hypatius Pociej, and Salima Sultan Begum.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 162 out of 328. Before him are Zigmantas Balčytis (1953), Abram Room (1894), Yehuda Pen (1854), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882), and Mordecai Kaplan (1881). After him are Mark Antokolsky (1843), Bronislovas Lubys (1938), Saulius Skvernelis (1970), Steponas Kairys (1879), Stasys Girėnas (1893), and Lena Valaitis (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 18. Before him are Žemaitė (1845), Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Osip Senkovsky (1800), Źmitrok Biadula (1886), Antanas Baranauskas (1835), and Mordecai Kaplan (1881). After him are Georgy Ivanov (1894), Petras Cvirka (1909), Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892), Sigitas Geda (1943), and Arvydas Juozaitis (1956).

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