Butkų Juzė

Butkų Juzė (July 21, 1893 – April 22, 1947) was the pen name of Juozas Butkus, a Lithuanian educator, poet, playwright and journalist. He worked for numerous newspapers from 1910 onwards, including ''Aušrinė'', ''Žemaitis'', ''Lietuvos žinios'', and ''Naujojoje Lietuvoje''. In 1932 he was inducted into the Lithuanian Journalists' Union. He wrote the play ''Palaidūnas'' (''Prodigal'') in 1925, and translated numerous works into Lithuanian, including Goethe's ''Egmont''. He later worked as a museum curator and teacher at the Klaipėda Pedagogical Institute. Provided by Wikipedia