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Venclovas Agripa (born around 1525 - 1597) - was one of the pioneers of fiction in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was the son of the secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Venclovas Mikalojaitis.

Biography

 * 1545 - 1552 studied at the universities of Leipzig, Krakow, Wittenberg.
 * since 1563 - Secretary of the LDK
 * since 1566 - Field clerk of Livonia
 * since 1575 - Clerk of LDK
 * since 1590 - The mayor of Smolensk

Ceative endeavours
Wrote "Mourning speech about the life and death of the most nobleman and Mr. Jonas Radvila, Duke of Olyka and Nesvižius", published in Wittenberg in 1553. Later he translated the collection of J. Brenc's sermons published in Vilnius in 1588 "The Gospel written by Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist". Agripa's most significant work is "The Mourning Speech", which depicts the ideal man - Radvila, highlights his godliness and patriotism, education and virtue, emphasizes the importance of sciences and arts to educate a person, praises the power and history of the LDK, and tells a unique legend of Lithuanian origin from the Romans. This work is often considered to be the first published work of fiction written by a Lithuanian.