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Lithuanian émigré writer Liudas Dovydėnas, born in 1906 in Trumpiškis village, Rokiškis district, was a laureate of the Lithuanian State Prize. He began his literary career in 1928, writing under his real name or the pseudonym Vilimėlis. In 1931–1932, he published the short story collections Cenzūros leista (Approved by Censorship) and Buvo žmogus be kojų (There Was a Man Without Legs). Shortly after, he released the two-volume novel Ieškau gyvenimo draugo (Seeking a Life Partner), depicting the lives of rural teachers.

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Lithuanian émigré writer Liudas Dovydėnas, born in 1906 in Trumpiškis village, Rokiškis district, was a laureate of the Lithuanian State Prize. He began his literary career in 1928, writing under his real name or the pseudonym Vilimėlis. In 1931–1932, he published the short story collections Cenzūros leista (Approved by Censorship) and Buvo žmogus be kojų (There Was a Man Without Legs). Shortly after, he released the two-volume novel Ieškau gyvenimo draugo (Seeking a Life Partner), depicting

the lives of rural teachers. Dovydėnas achieved significant acclaim with his novel Broliai Domeikos (The Domeika Brothers, 1936), which portrayed village life and addressed themes of legal disputes and conflicts. The book was widely celebrated, earning multiple reprints and securing Dovydėnas the Lithuanian State Prize in the same year. In 2007, the Lithuanian Writers' Union established the Liudas Dovydėnas Prize for the best Lithuanian novel, sponsored by the writer’s son, J. Dovydėnas.

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