Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas
Lithuanian writer (1869-1933) · Journalists · Died at 63
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Something wrong?Juozas Tumas also known by the pen name Vaižgantas was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He was a prolific writer, editor of nine periodicals, university professor, and member of numerous societies and organizations.
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Tumas' memorial in his native Maleišiai
Tumas in 1894
Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Vadaktėliai where Tumas worked in 1902-1905
Postcard of Tumas (c. 1909)
Tumas (right) transfers Viltis to its new editor Fabijonas Kemėšis (left) in 1911
Tumas (sitting), Martynas Yčas (left) and Jurgis Savickis (right) in Stockholm in 1918
Tumas in 1928 wearing the cross of the Samogitian Capitulum and the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke GediminasJournalists born in the 1860s 6
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Juozas Tumas also known by the pen name Vaižgantas was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He was a prolific writer, editor of nine periodicals, university professor, and member of numerous societies and organizations. His most notable works of fiction include the novel Pragiedruliai and the narrative Dėdės ir dėdienės about the ordinary village folk.
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