Petras Būtėnas

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Petras Būtėnas
Petras Būtėnas in 1922, as a student at the University of Lithuania
Born27 June 1896
Dovydai [lt], Joniškėlis parish [lt], Russian Empire
Died4 October 1980
Boston, United States
Burial placeToronto, Canada.
Reburried in Panevėžys in 1996.
NationalityLithuanian
Academic background
Alma materVytautas Magnus University

Petras Būtėnas (27 June 1896 – 4 October 1980) was a Lithuanian linguist and public figure.[1] His work was very important in the research of Lithuanian culture.[2]

Early life[edit]

He had a younger brother Julijonas Būtėnas [lt].[1]

Interwar[edit]

From 1919 to 1923, he was a volunteer soldier of the Lithuanian Army.[1] Since 1920, he studied at the Higher Courses [lt] and since 1922 in the University of Lithuania.[1] In 1930, Būtėnas graduated from Vytautas Magnus University.[1] He was a student of Kazimieras Būga, Jonas Jablonskis and Juozas Balčikonis.[1] From 1925 to 1944, Būtėnas worked as a teacher in Panevėžys.[1] He taught in the town's teachers' seminary until 1936.[1] Since 1939, he was a member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science.[1]

World War II[edit]

The Soviet authorities imprisoned Būtėnas from July 1940 to January 1941 in the Panevėžys Prison.[1] Together with others, he published the weekly Išlaisvintasis panevėžietis ('The liberated Panevėžian') in 1941.[1]

During 1941–1944, he was the director of Panevėžys Boys' Gymnasium.[1] He left for Germany in 1944.[1]

In emigration[edit]

He organized courses for Lithuanian teachers and lead those courses in 1945–1948.[1] In 1946, he prepared a summary for the Lithuanian language teachers' courses and gymnasium.[1] From 1945 to 1948, he edited the newspaper Lietuvių informacija ('Lithuanian information'), and in 1946–1948, the magazine Žingsniai ('Steps').[1] Būtėnas moved to the US in 1949.[1] He worked in the newspaper Keleivis ('Passenger') and in the editorial office of the Lithuanian Encyclopedia.[1]

Academic work[edit]

Būtėnas researched Lithuanian dialects [lt], accentuation, and ancient ethnically Lithuanian territories.[1] He contributed to the preparation of Lietuvių kalbos žodyno (Lithuanian Dictionary), to which he contributed more than 8,000 words.[1] He collected folklore and prepared Lietuvių tautotyros žinių ir senienų rinkimo programą (Lithuanian Ethnography Knowledge and Antiquities Collection Program) in 1925.[1] Būtėnas collected material for research on old Lithuanian toponymy.[1]

Bibliography[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Kirčio ir priegaidės žinios (1926)
  • Trumpas linksnių mokslas praktiškam lietuvių kalbos reikalui (1929)
  • Lietuvių kalbos prielinksnių mokslas teorijai ir praktikai (1930)
  • Priežodžio ir patarlės gyvenimas (1930)
  • Lietuvių kalbos akcentologijos vadovėlis mokyklai ir gyvenimui (1931)
  • Augštaičių tarmės akuojančios pašneklės sienos (1932)

Articles[edit]

1956

  • Būtėnas, Petras (September 1956). "Vytauto Didžiojo vasaros pilis" [The Summer Castle of Vytautas the Great] (PDF). Karys (in Lithuanian). 8 (1324): 259–261.
  • Būtėnas, Petras (October 1956). "Vytauto Didžiojo vasaros pilis" [The Summer Castle of Vytautas the Great] (PDF). Karys (in Lithuanian). 9 (1325): 306–308.

1957

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1970

1971

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Zinkevičius 2003, p. 667.
  2. ^ Lapinskienė 2003, p. 52.

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