Marija Lastauskienė

[6] In 1993 a monument to the sisters was erected in Vilnius (sculptor Dalia Matulaitė, architects Jūras Balkevičius and Rimantas Buivydas).

[7] She began writing at the age of seventeen and her first story Bez steru (Without a Rudder) was published in a Warsaw newspaper.

Pšibiliauskienė would freely edit and translate her sister's works into Lithuanian and publish under the common pen name Lazdynų Pelėda.

[4] The first works published under her own name were short story Auka (Sacrifice, 1907–1908) and novel Šviesa ir šešėliai (Light and Shadows, 1925–1926).

[8] Without formal education, her works were weaker on literary techniques, character depth, or stylistic devices, but attracted readers by offering imaginative and captivating plots.

[4] Her works usually feature a protagonist, idealist desiring a happy and peaceful life, who is broken by harsh reality: poverty, social inequality, rigid traditions, or simply unexpected accidents.