People's Poet of the Lithuanian SSR
The People's Poet of the Lithuanian SSR (Lithuanian: Lietuvos TSR liaudies poetas) was a honorary title and a state award of the Lithuanian SSR for distinguished Lithuanian poets. It was established in 1954 and awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] It was awarded until the re-established independence of Lithuania in 1990.
A similar title was the People's Writer of the Lithuanian SSR (Lietuvos TSR liaudies rašytojas).
People's Poets[edit]
- 1945: Liudas Gira[1]
- 1954: Salomeja Neris (post mortem)[1]
- 1954: Teofilis Tilvytis[1][2]
- 1960: Jonas Krikščiūnas[1][3]
- 1974: Eduardas Mieželaitis[1]
- 1978: Justinas Marcinkevičius[1]
- 1984: Alfonsas Maldonis[1]
- 1986: Algimantas Baltakis[4]
See also[edit]
- People's Poet for titles of this type in other places
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Zinkus, Jonas, ed. (1986). Lithuania: An Encyclopedic Survey. Vilnius: Encyclopedia Publishers. pp. 419, 424. OCLC 16754907.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Kubilius, Vytautas (1985–1988). "Jovaras". In Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. II. Vilnius, p. 137
- ^ "Baltakis Algimantas" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos rašytojų sąjunga. Retrieved 15 May 2023.