Author. He was a Lithuanian poet and playwright. He is most remembered for his writings done in the first half of the Twentieth Century. After his first successful drama in 1923, he was one of the emerging Lithuanian theater organizers and leaders. His writings dealt with the relevant national, social and moral issues. His plays have been long-standing record holders in the theaters in Kaunas. He wrote more than 20 plays and over 20 dramas, and he published five books of poetry, which were published in Polish, Russian, German and French and are often used as textbooks for teaching. He was born on a farm into the peasant's household of Anthony Razum and his second wife Mary. He had two brothers, Juozas and Victor in addition to three step-siblings from his father's first wife. He was home-schooled, being taught Russian by his mother and mathematics by his father. His two brothers were intelligent and successful in life with Juozas becoming a priest and Victor, a military physician. His writing skills were recognized early in his childhood, and he was sent to formal schooling when he was about twelve, but with the death of his father, he left school. Following in his father's footsteps, he joined the military but was deferred due to his poor vision. In the summers between 1911 and 1913, he and his brother Juozas used the surname Piliakalniečiu to write political articles in newspapers. In the winters of 1913 and 1914, he attended school in St. Petersburg, Russia in hopes of graduating from high school. Lacking skills in the Russian language caused him to fail the exam, but being in St. Petersburg provided the opportunity to meet rich, intelligent Lithuanians and learn about others exiled in the west and the freedom there. After meeting composers and actors, he started writing poetry. By the end of 1916, he had been introduced to the theatre and had written his debut play. In 1918, he passed his high school exam and started his month-long trip back to his home in Lithuania, which was occupied by German military. In the fall of the same year, he staged his play "Flowers" at the Vilnius City Theater. With his brother Victor, he returned to St. Petersburg to attend Military Medical Academy, but soon realized that medicine was not his career. He returned to Vilnius to seek a career in law and found employment in the court system as a clerk. Later, he was then given a position with the State Theatre, first as administrator and then treasurer. On April 6, 1921, he married the beautiful actress and author, Teofilija Dragūnaitė-Vaičiūnienė. From 1930 to 1935, he was the folklore commission secretary at Vytautas Magnus University; from 1935 to 1939, he was employed at the Lithuanian State Theater as the repertoire commissioner; from 1941, he worked at Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in the Wroblewski Library; and after World War II, he was with the Teacher's Union and continued to work at the library. Every one or two years, he was releasing a play or a book of poetry. Most recently, his writings have been published in the books: a collection of poems "Milky Way" in 1962, two volumes of "Drama and Comedy" in 1971, "Space flames" poetry in 1980. His wife published many of his archived poems after his death. Looking back over his successful life as a writer, he must have laughed at all the unsuccessful attempts he made to make another career choice. He died from tuberculosis of the bones. He is the father of poet, Judith Vaičiūnaitė. Sculptor Vlado Vildžiūno carved a stone monument for his grave which was placed in 1963, and a bronze bust of him was unveiled in 1990 at Jonava City Peace Square.