Jurgis Baltrušaitis

Jurgis Baltrušaitis (2 May 1873 – 3 January 1944) was a Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator, who wrote his works in Lithuanian and Russian. In addition to his important contributions to Lithuanian literature, he was noted as a political activist and diplomat. Himself one of the foremost exponents of iconology, he was the father of art historian and critic Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr.

For his son, see Jurgis Baltrušaitis (art historian).
Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Baltrušaitis c. 1914
Born(1873-04-20)20 April 1873
Paantvardys village near Jurbarkas, Russian Empire
Died3 January 1944(1944-01-03) (aged 70)
Paris, France
OccupationDiplomat, poet
NationalityLithuanian
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1898)
GenreSymbolism
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