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.

He wrote the play Palaidūnas (Prodigal) in 1925,[1] and translated numerous works into Lithuanian, including Goethe's Egmont.

He later worked as a museum curator and teacher at the Klaipėda Pedagogical Institute.

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