Lazdynų Pelėda

Lazdynų Pelėda (literally: Hazelnut Owl) was the common pen name of two Lithuanian sisters writers: Sofija Ivanauskaitė-Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926) and Marija Ivanauskaitė-Lastauskienė (1872–1957), who were individually mostly known by their respective marriage names.[1] Sofija (Sophia) married a landowner R. Pšibiliauskas (Przybylewski). Marija (Maria) married Belarusian literary critic and politician Vaclau Lastouski (Lastauskas).

Their father, painter Nikodemas Ivanauskas, was a member of Lithuanian nobility.[2]

Since 1966 a museum is established in their former farmstead.[3] In 1993 a monument to the sisters was erected in Vilnius (sculptor Dalia Matulaitė, architects Jūras Balkevičius and Rimantas Buivydas).

References
  1. Wilson, Katharina M. (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. p. 1402. ISBN 0824085477.
  2. Ščiglienė, Vaida (2006). "Paragių dvaro savininkas dailininkas Nikodemas Erazmas Ivanauskas". Papilė (PDF). Lietuvos valsčiai (in Lithuanian). II. Vilnius: Versmė. pp. 595–622. ISBN 9789955589051.
  3. "Lazdynų Pelėdos muziejus" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Museums' Association. 2009-05-20.
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