WRITER

Žemaitė

1845 - 1921

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Žemaitė ([ʒʲɛˈmɐjtʲeː], zh'yeh-MY-tay, "Samogitian woman") was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė (4 June [O.S. 23 May] 1845 – 7 December 1921). She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and lecturer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival. She wrote about peasant life in the style best described as realism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Žemaitė is the 4,177th most popular writer (up from 4,238th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 127th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Žemaitė ranks 4,177 out of 7,302. Before her are Lydia Becker, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Gyula Illyés, James Allen, John Gower, and Sara Lidman. After her are Sakina Akhundzadeh, Eliza Acton, Francis Marrash, Robert G. Ingersoll, James Redfield, and Vincenzo Cerami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Žemaitė ranks 82. Before her are Jules Cambon, Franz Ehrle, Judith Gautier, Pier Andrea Saccardo, Fanny Churberg, and Jorge Montt. After her are Antonio Maceo Grajales, Edward Douglass White, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Ragna Nielsen, Edmund Reitter, and José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco. Among people deceased in 1921, Žemaitė ranks 94. Before her are Gyula Breyer, James H. Johnson, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Isidor Kaufmann, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, and Émile Champion. After her are Jan Janský, Dimitrios Rallis, Hans Huber, Edward Douglass White, Virginia Rappe, and Jean Cau.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Žemaitė ranks 125 out of 328. Before her are Maironis (1862), Aharon Barak (1936), Jacques Sernas (1925), Joe Slovo (1926), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), and Emil Młynarski (1870). After her are Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), Aušra Augustinavičiūtė (1927), Donald Kagan (1932), Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882), Phoebus Levene (1869), and Bernard Lown (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Žemaitė ranks 12. Before her are Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Vydūnas (1868), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), and Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930). After her are Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Osip Senkovsky (1800), Źmitrok Biadula (1886), Antanas Baranauskas (1835), Mordecai Kaplan (1881), and Mikalojus Daukša (1527).

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