Antanas Venclova

Antanas Venclova (7 January 1906 (O.S. 26 December 1905 {{{4}}}) in Trempiniai – June 28, 1971 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian poet, journalist and translator. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Elderate Number of elderates 20 Coordinates General information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population (rank) 540,318 in 2005 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights 1387 Vilnius ( (help· info), Belarusian: , Russian... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ...

He studied Lithuanian, Russian and French at the Kaunas University. In 1936 Venclova visited USSR and was fascinated by Soviet culture. Before the WW2 he worked as a teacher and editor of communist journals Trečias frontas (Third Front) and Prošvaistė.

In 1940 he was briefly appointed as Minister of Education of the Lithuanian SSR following the Soviet takeover in 1940. In 1940 he was elected as representative to the so-called People’s Parliament and went to Moscow asking to accept Lithuania to USSR. He lived in Russia during the Nazi occupation, returning in 1944. State motto: Visų Å¡alių proletarai, vienykitÄ—s! (Workers of all countries, unite) Official language Lithuanian, Russian (de facto). ... Soviet redirects here. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

In the following years, he faithfully served the Soviet government.

In 1947 he received Stalin Prize. Venclova wrote original words for the anthem of Lithuanian SSR. After Joseph Stalin's death, the second stanza of the lyrics was changed by Vacys Reimeris to remove mentions of Stalin. During 1954-1959 he was Chairman of Lithuanian Writers' Union. Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... The Anthem of the Lithuanian SSR (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinės Respublikos Valstybinis Himnas) was the national anthem of Lithuania when it was an union republic in the USSR, used from 1950 to 1990. ... (Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин, Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin; December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), also spelled Josef Stalin, was the leader (Premier) of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet...

His son, poet Tomas Venclova, was a prominent dissident. Tomas Venclova (born on September 11, 1937 in Klaipeda) - Lithuanian poet, author and translator of literature. ...