Poetry is the most popular literary form in Lithuania. Maironis is lauded as the patriarch and a classic of Lithuanian poetry, with his most famous collection of verse being Pavasario balsai (1895) (Voices of Spring). That is why Lithuanian literature has a strong lyrical tradition, which was carved out at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries by the formation of the modern nation and the standardisation of the Lithuanian language. Poetry: Lithuanians are a nation of poets.What should we know about Lithuanian literature? The year 1989 is thus the best starting point from which to begin the story of contemporary Lithuanian literature. Since then, independent and freely composed Lithuanian literature could also return to its natural course: liberated from the former pressures of ideological censorship, it embraced a variety of creative trends, and started gathering new impetus to develop. On 11 March 1990, by reclaiming its independence, the Republic of Lithuania regained its place on the map of the world. Occupied for nearly 50 years, Lithuania started breathing freely around 1989, when the Soviet Union crumbled and the Berlin Wall came down, and when the Baltic countries joined hands in the Baltic Way. Throughout the 20th century, it experienced a range of dramatic shifts and historical transformations, turbulence and ideological pressure. Its natural progress in tune with Western cultural trends has been interrupted many times by foreign oppression. Lithuanian literature comes from a country that has seen a lot and has suffered plenty of trials.
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