About text: Jonas Basanavičius - MANO GYVENIMO KRONIKA IR NERVŲ LIGOS ISTORIJA, 1851-1922 (The Chronicle of my Life and the Story of my Nervous Disease. 1851-1922)
"The Chronicle of My Life and the Story of My Nervous Disease" was written in 1922. This was an autobiography of J.Basanavičius. It was published in 1936 for the first time.
Jonas Basanavičius was a most significant figure of the national renaissance of Lithuanians at the end of 19th century and had acquired the name of the patriarch of the nation. J.Basanavičius had not created any work of fiction, however his patriotic activities and his collections of folklore as well as research had left a deep impact on the poetry and other writings of that time. Read more