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Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas
Lithuanian author (1893–1967)
Vincas Mykolaitis, known by his pen name Putinas (literally Viburnum);[1] 6 January 1893 – 7 June 1967), was a Lithuanian writer, poet and translator, accorded the honour of being a People's Writer of the Lithuanian SSR in 1963.[2] He was also a Catholic priest, but renounced his priesthood in 1935.[3]