in 1917, which was one of the Lithuanian conferences during World War I. Interwar Maironis was rejoicing at the re-establishment of Lithuanian independence, but he was disappointed with certain social ills he witnessed with the rebellious wave following independence. He disapproved of the Interwar as it was contrary to his social conservativism. In this respect, the Tautininkai were closer to him than the Christian Democrats. His political leanings were partly also because of personal relations. While avoiding the public spotlight, Maironis preferred to frequent the intellectual artist circles, where poetry, song and music predominated. In 1922, Maironis was elected the Professor of Moral Theology in the Faculty of Theology-Philosophy of the newly-founded University of Lithuania. For a short time, he taught courses on general and Lithuanian literature. The students were impressed by the clarity and simplicity of the teaching, looking at the substance of the question rather than the rhetoric. Later that year, Maironis was elected the Honorary professor of the University of Lithuania on 15 December 1922. A decade later, the same institution gave him the degree of Honorary doctor of literature on 29 January 1932. Most famous work Maironis wrote numerous poems. Some of them are contained in his most famous collection of poems, (The Voices of Spring). Maironis's works also include: poems Lietuva (1888), Tarp skausmų do garbę (1893), Znad Biruty (1904), Jaunoji Lietuva (1907), Raseinių Magdė (1909), Naše vargai (1913), three historical dramas: Kęstučio mirtis (1921), Vytautas pas kryžiuočius (1925), Didysis Vytautas - Karalius (1930), as well as works from the fields of theology, history (Apsakymai apie Lietuvos praeiga, 1886), sociology, literature and journalistic texts. Znad Biruty is the only surviving work by Maironis written in Polish. Death and legacy He died in Kaunas in 1932, aged 69. He was buried in a tomb monument constructed outside the Kaunas Cathedral Basilica. He personally chose the sentence on his tomb ("", which means "How sorry I am for that white grandfather ...") from his poem . His former house in Kaunas is now the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum. Works Poems by Maironis (English translation) Listen to "Kur bėga Šešupė" (Lithuanian) Lithuanian Classic Literature Anthology Musical interpretations Ludger Stühlmeyer, Du religiniai eilėraščiai: Malda and Dievo meilė for vocals solo and piano/organ, 2020. Gallery External links References Sources 1862 births 1932 deaths 19th-century Lithuanian poets 20th-century Lithuanian poets Lithuanian writers in Polish Polish-language poets 19th-century Lithuanian Roman Catholic priests