Vincas Kudirka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vincas Kudirka

Lithuanian writer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1858

Place of Birth: Vilkaviškis, Marijampolė County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1899

Profession: writer, composer, poet, translator, physician writer, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Vincas Kudirka

  • Vincas Kudirka (31 December [O.S.
  • 19 December] 1858 – 16 November [O.S.
  • 4 November] 1899) was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesme.
  • He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero.
  • Kudirka used pen names V.
  • Kapsas, Paežeriu Vincas, Vincas Kapsas, P.Vincas, Varpas, Q.D, K., V.K, Perkunas. Kudirka was born in Paežeriai, in the Augustów Governorate of Congress Poland (present-day Lithuania).
  • He began studying history and philosophy in Warsaw in 1881, but changed his major and began studying medicine the following year.
  • During his studies, he was arrested as a subversive for having a copy of Das Kapital in his possession, and was expelled from the University of Warsaw, but later re-admitted.
  • He graduated in 1889, and worked as a country doctor in Šakiai and Naumiestis. Kudirka began writing poetry in 1888.
  • Simultaneously he became more active in the Lithuanian national rebirth movement.
  • Together with other Lithuanian students in Warsaw, he founded the secret society Lietuva ("Lithuania").
  • The following year the society began publishing the clandestine newspaper Varpas ("The Bell"), which Kudirka edited and contributed to for the next ten years.
  • In issue number 6 of Varpas, in September 1898, he published the text of Tautiška Giesme, which would officially become in 1918, the Lithuanian National Anthem, set to music written by Kudirka himself.
  • Kudirka gave much to Lithuanian culture, and also published a collection of Lithuanian popular songs.
  • He was also a noted writer of satire. He died of tuberculosis at Naumiestis, on 16 November 1899, at age 40.
  • The second half of Tautiška Giesme was engraved on his gravestone. On 5 July 2009, a statue of Vincas Kudirka was unveiled beside the Gediminas Avenue, the main street of the capital Vilnius.
  • The unveiling, by dignitaries, including the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, coincided with festivities marking the 1000th anniversary of the first time Lithuania was mentioned in official chronicles.

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