Henrikas Radauskas was a Lithuanian poet

Lithuanian literature

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 and writer

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After Lithuania reestablished its independence following the First World War, his family returned to Lithuania. There he studied Lithuanian

Lithuanian literature

Lithuanian literature concerns the art of written works compiled by Lithuanians throughout their history.-Latin language:A wealth of Lithuanian literature was written in Latin, the main scholarly language in the Middle Ages.-Lithuanian language:...

, German

German literature

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 and Russian

Russian literature

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 literatures at the Vytautas Magnus University

Vytautas Magnus University

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 in Kaunas

Kaunas

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. In 1936 he became an editor for the Lithuanian Commission of Book Publishing. Radauskas emigrated to the United States in 1949. During his last years he worked for the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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He wrote four poem suites:

• "Fontanas" ("Fountain")
• "Strėlė danguje" ("Arrow in the sky")
• "Žiemos daina" ("Winter song")
• "Eilėraščiai" ("Poems")