Jonas Biliūnas (11 April 1879 – 8 December 1907) was a Lithuanian writer, poet, and a significant contributor to the national awakening of Lithuania in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biliūnas was born near Anykščiai, in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire, in the tiny village of Niūronys, where he spent his early childhood.

After several unsuccessful attempts to return to the University of Tartu, Biliūnas journeyed to Leipzig in the German Empire, where he enrolled in the Handelshochschule, a business and commercial school.

After one semester at the business school, he decided to enroll at the University of Leipzig where he began his formal studies of literature with an emphasis on literary composition.

Finally in 1953, his wishes were realized, and he was re-interred on a hillfort mound near his birthplace, and a museum was created in Anykščiai honoring his life and works.

A political ideology of a socialist nature permeate this period and are reminiscent of the early writings of Jack London and Theodore Dreiser.

Biliūnas wrote several articles concerning literary criticism, which are highly regarded and considered to show his depth of perception concerning the subjects he dealt with.