Antanas Baranauskas
Lithuanian poet, mathematician and bishop
- Lived
- 1835–1902
- Country
- Russia
Updated September 2026
About Antanas Baranauskas
Antanas Baranauskas was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and Catholic bishop of Sejny. Baranauskas is best known as the author of the Lithuanian poem Anykščių šilelis. He used various pen names, including A.B., Bangputys, Jurksztas Smalaūsis, Jurkštas Smalaūsis, and Baronas. He also wrote poetry in Polish.
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