Algimantas Baltakis
Algimantas Baltakis (15 February 1930 – 13 March 2022) is a Lithuanian-Soviet poet, translator, writer, and literary critic. He was born in Leliūnai. He died in Vilnius.
He was educated at Vilnius University. Awards received include Order of the Badge of Honour, Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania, and Lithuanian SSR State Prize.