House-museum in Višinskis' birthplace
Povilas Višinskis (June 28, 1875, Ušnėnai, Lithuania, Russian Empire – April 23, 1906, Berlin, Germany) was a Lithuanian writer, journalist, theatre director, and politician. His pen names include A. – s, Blinda, P – V, P. A., Apaštalas, P. Šiaulietis. He was one of the founders of the Lithuanian Democratic Party. He contributed and edited various Lithuanian periodicals, most notably Varpas, Vilniaus žinios, and Lietuvos ūkininkas. He is also remembered as a mentor of literary talent. He discovered Žemaitė and advised to Lazdynų Pelėda, Šatrijos Ragana, Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė, Jonas Biliūnas, Jonas Krikščiūnas.[1] Višinskis also directed and played the main role in the first Lithuanian-language play Amerika pirtyje (America in a Bathhouse) in 1899. When advertisements for another play printed in Lithuanian using Latin alphabet were confiscated by police as violating the Lithuanian press ban, Višinskis sued and obtained a favorable judgment from the Supreme Court of Appeals in 1903.[2] This lawsuit helped to end the ban in 1904.[1]
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Visinskis, Povilas |
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Lithuanian politician |
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June 28, 1875 |
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April 23, 1906 |
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