# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kristijonas-donelaitis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:17:15.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kristijonas-donelaitis"
name: "Kristijonas Donelaitis"
slug: "kristijonas-donelaitis"
description: "Kristijonas Donelaitis was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuanian-speaking minority. He wrote the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons, 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."
tagline: "Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor (1714–1780)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1714-01-01"
deathDate: "1780-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           21.56508533333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump