▁as ▁Au š rin ė , ▁R yg os ▁nau j ien os ▁etc .). ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁he ▁began ▁studying ▁literature ▁in ▁Saint ▁Petersburg , ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁due ▁to ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁and ▁the ▁Russian ▁Revolution . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁he ▁en rolled ▁in ▁the ▁Ludwig ▁Maxim ilian ▁University ▁of ▁Mun ich , ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁Ph . D ▁for ▁a ▁doctor al ▁th esis ▁on ▁Lith uan ian ▁fol kl ore . ▁ ▁After ▁returning ▁to ▁Lith u ania , ▁S ru oga ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Lith u ania , ▁and ▁established ▁a ▁the ater ▁sem inar ▁that ▁eventually ▁became ▁a ▁course ▁of ▁study . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁various ▁articles ▁on ▁literature . ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁he ▁began ▁writing ▁dram as , ▁first ▁Mil ž ino ▁pa unks m ė , ▁later ▁Rad v ila ▁Per k ū nas , ▁B ais io ji ▁n akt is ▁and ▁A it var as ▁te is ė jas . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁he ▁began ▁teaching ▁at ▁Vil nius ▁University . ▁ ▁Naz i ▁capt ivity ▁ ▁The ▁Forest ▁of ▁the ▁God s ▁S ru oga ' s ▁best ▁known ▁work ▁is ▁the ▁novel ▁The ▁Forest ▁of ▁the ▁God s ▁( D iev ų ▁mi š k as ), ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁life ▁experiences ▁as ▁a ▁prisoner ▁in ▁St ut th of ▁concentration ▁camp ▁in ▁S