Maironis (born Jonas Maiulis, Polish: Jan

Macziuewicz, 2 November [O.S. 21 October] 1862

28 June 1932) is one of the most famous Lithuanian
poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district
municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from
Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature
at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year
of studies at the university, he entered Kaunas
Spiritual Seminary. While being at the seminary,
Maironis became an active member of the Lithuanian
National Revival. Maironis wrote a number of poems.
Some of them are contained in his most famous
collection of poems "Pavasario Balsai" (The Voices of
Spring). Later Maironis studied at St. Petersburg
Catholic Theological Academy. In the later years of
his life, Maironis worked as a rector of Kaunas Priest
Seminary and as a professor at the University of
Lithuania, where he taught literature. He died in
Kaunas (aged 69) where he was interred in the
mausoleum constructed in the cathedral.