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Meilė Lukšienė


Meilutė Julija Lukšienė–Matjošaitytė (August 20, 1913 Vienna, Austria – October 16, 2009 Vilnius, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian cultural historian and activist. She was a founding member of the Sąjūdis, a political organization which advocated for the independence of Lithuania from the Soviet Union during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Meilutė Julija Lukšienė originates from a famous family active in the Lithuanian culture. She obtained her formal education in inter-war period in Lithuania – in year 1931 graduated from Vilnius Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium, in year 1942 graduated from the Humanitarian Faculty at Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, obtained Lithuanian literature history speciality (major) and Lithuanian language critic, French literature, Pedagogics specialities (subsidiary).Meilė Lukšienė defended two dissertations: of humanitarian science and doctor habilitatus in social science (sphere of education science). A home of Meilė Lukšienė was full of great respect for the human idea, perception, consciousness and inquiring mind. Her husband Kazimieras Lukša (1906-1983) in the independent Republic of Lithuania was a high economic relations officer, high -level Lithuanian bank employee. 1940-1970 Kazimieras Lukša had been teaching the science of balance, economic analysis and international trade courses at Vilnius University. 1945-1946 he was a dean of the Faculty of Economics. They brought up three children: Dr. Hab. of History Ingė Lukšaitė, an organist Giedre Lukšaitė-Mrazkova, she is a Professor of the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and a son Rimtis Lukša who is a doctor of Natural Sciences.

Professional activities

Meilė Lukšienė is an author and co-author of numerous educational publications and educational strategic documents, she was employed as a teacher, university educator, and during 1951–1958 was a head of the Lithuanian Literature Department of Vilnius University. Meilė Lukšienė was accused of nationalism and anti-Soviet standpoint and was dismissed from the university, deprived of right to conduct research on literature. In year 1959 she was employed at Pedagogics (Education) Science Research Institute as a Senior Research Fellow and served there until 1997.


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