# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petras-cvirka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:57:38.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petras-cvirka"
name: "Petras Cvirka"
slug: "petras-cvirka"
description: "Petras Cvirka 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."
tagline: "Lithuanian writer (1909-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1959_CPA_2285.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-03-12"
deathDate: "1947-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.12
  momentum:             1.2
  historical:           12.34118133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyatras_Tsvirka"
    title: "Pyatras Tsvirka"
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    title: "Пятрас Цвірка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD_%D5%91%D5%BE%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1"
    title: "Պյատրաս Ցվիրկա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пятрас Цвирка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Cvirka"
    title: "Petras Cvirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Цвирка, Пятрас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A6%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Пятрас Цвірка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%BC%E7%89%B9%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%8C%A8%E7%BB%B4%E5%B0%94%E5%8D%A1"
    title: "彼特拉斯·茨维尔卡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2496710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump