playwright, translator, prominent public figure, academician Justinas Marcinkevicius passed away. The 80-year-old poet died in a hospital from a severe head injury he suffered in his home on December 7, informs LETA/ELTA.Being an author of a dozens of books of poetry, Marcinkevicius also distinguished himself in Lithuanian literature by a rhymed trilogy of dramas "Mindaugas" (1968), "Katedra" (The Cathedral) (1971), "Mazvydas" (1977), which was a refreshing breath of nationality to Lithuania in the Soviet times.
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