Bernardas Brazdzionis

About

Twentieth-century Lithuanian poet whose many pen names include "Vyte Nemunelis" and "Jaunasis Vaidevutis." He received the Lithuanian State Literary Prize for a collection of poems entitled Kunigaiksciu Miestas.

Before Fame

He and his family immigrated to the United States when he was a year old.

Trivia

He worked as a literary critic and copywriter.

Family Life

He died in Los Angeles, California at the age of ninety-five.

Associated With

He and Tomas Venclova were both Lithuanian-born poets.