Background
Vienuolis was born on April 7, 1882 in Ažuožeriai, Anykščiai district, Russian Empire.
Vienuolis was born on April 7, 1882 in Ažuožeriai, Anykščiai district, Russian Empire.
In 1894, he moved to Užupiečiai, where he attended Anykščiai school, where all subjects were taught in Russian. In 1895 he moved to Liepāja, where he attended gymnasium and met famous Lithuanian writer Jonas Biliūnas.
Antanas was the youngest child and the only one son in the family, he had 5 older sisters. Antanas" family was in quite good circumstances and had 25 ha of land. Žukauskas was an exempliary student at school.
Vienuolis died on August 17, 1957 from the acute trombosis of heart arteries.
He was buried in the yard near his house.