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Petras Cvirka

1909 - 1947

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petras Cvirka is the 5,487th most popular writer (down from 5,458th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 174th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petras Cvirka ranks 5,487 out of 7,302. Before him are Teresa de la Parra, Federigo Tozzi, Shahrnush Parsipur, Mario Luzi, Altaf Hussain Hali, and Agustín Durán. After him are Judith Krantz, Clorinda Matto de Turner, William McGonagall, Ahmed Sofa, Anna Maria Ortese, and Susan Blackmore.

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Among people born in 1909, Petras Cvirka ranks 334. Before him are Roberto Battaglia, Katherine Dunham, Giovanni Palatucci, Ken Uehara, Bill Carr, and Paul A. Baran. After him are Carla Laemmle, Federico Wilde, Vasco Bergamaschi, Dimitar Dimov, Max Black, and Moshe Castel. Among people deceased in 1947, Petras Cvirka ranks 195. Before him are Frederick Russell Burnham, Ekaterina Karavelova, Giovanni Delise, Charles Schlee, Julio C. Tello, and Tomás Berreta. After him are Vojtěch Bradáč, Simon Janashia, Erich Hecke, Øistein Schirmer, Evripidis Bakirtzis, and Winston Churchill.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Petras Cvirka ranks 176 out of 328. Before him are Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Bronius Kutavičius (1932), Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883), Georgy Ivanov (1894), Gediminas Vagnorius (1957), and Aleksander Prystor (1874). After him are Jonas Vileišis (1872), Laurynas Stankevičius (1935), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (1964), Romas Ubartas (1960), Juozas Budraitis (1940), and Stepas Butautas (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Petras Cvirka ranks 20. Before him are Osip Senkovsky (1800), Źmitrok Biadula (1886), Antanas Baranauskas (1835), Mordecai Kaplan (1881), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), and Georgy Ivanov (1894). After him are Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892), Sigitas Geda (1943), and Arvydas Juozaitis (1956).

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