Background
MIKOLAYTIS-PUTINAS, Vintsas was born on January 13, 1893 in village Pilotishkyay, now Lith Soviet Socialist Republic. Son of a peasant.
Lithuanian writer and literary historian
MIKOLAYTIS-PUTINAS, Vintsas was born on January 13, 1893 in village Pilotishkyay, now Lith Soviet Socialist Republic. Son of a peasant.
Studied at Petrograd Theological Academy. Studied at Munich University. Graduate at Swiss University.
1911 first work published. From 1923 professor of lit, Kaunas University. 1940-1950 professor of lit, Vilnius University.
Translated Pushkin, Lermontov and Mickiewicz into Lithuania
Member, Lith Academy of Sciences from 1941.