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Vydūnas

1868 - 1953

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Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas (22 March 1868 – 20 February 1953), mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuanian teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian writer, a leader of the Prussian Lithuanian national movement in Lithuania Minor, and one of leaders of the theosophical movement in East Prussia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vydūnas is the 2,659th most popular writer (up from 3,041st in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 90th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vydūnas ranks 2,659 out of 7,302. Before him are Terry Brooks, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Konstantin Mihailović, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Stanko Vraz. After him are Betti Alver, John Millington Synge, Praxilla, Raul Hilberg, John Wyndham, and Louise Colet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Vydūnas ranks 110. Before him are Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, Giovanni Giacometti, Karl Röderer, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, and Korbinian Brodmann. After him are Marie Belloc Lowndes, H. J. R. Murray, Hugo Eckener, Marie Dressler, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Ivan Regen. Among people deceased in 1953, Vydūnas ranks 76. Before him are Iuliu Maniu, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Holger Pedersen, James Finlayson, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Vsevolod Merkulov. After him are Helene Mayer, Xu Beihong, Vladimir Dekanozov, Jorge Negrete, Joseph Jongen, and Şükrü Saracoğlu.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Vydūnas ranks 73 out of 328. Before him are Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), Laurence Harvey (1928), Donatas Banionis (1924), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), and Daumantas of Pskov (1240). After him are Ingrida Šimonytė (1974), George Maciunas (1931), Justas Paleckis (1899), Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (1883), Bruno Abakanowicz (1852), and Antanas Sniečkus (1903).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Vydūnas ranks 7. Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), Romain Gary (1914), Simon Dach (1605), Jonas Mekas (1922), Hermann Sudermann (1857), and Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892). After him are Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Žemaitė (1845), and Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873).

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