Leonardas Sauka
{{Short description|Lithuanian academician (1931–2022)}}
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Leonardas Sauka (5 January 1931 – 17 October 2022){{cite web|url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/leonardas-sauka/|title=Leonardas Sauka|work=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija|language=Lithuanian}} was a Lithuanian folklorist, linguist, translator, and academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (1996).[http://www.llti.lt/lt/leonardas_sauka/ "Leonardas Sauka"], a profile at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (retrieved 19 July 2015)
Awards
- 2001: Jonas Basanavičius Award (lt)
- 2005: {{Interlanguage link multi|Lithuanian Science Award|lt|3=Lietuvos mokslo premija}}
- 2009: Baltic Assembly Prize for Science
References
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Category:Lithuanian folklorists
Category:Linguists from Lithuania
Category:Lithuanian academicians
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