Teofilis Tilvytis was a Lithuanian poet. He was born in Gaidžiai in the Tauragnai district, Ukmergė county. He studied at the Panevėžys and Utena gymnasiums, before joining the Tax Inspectorate in Kaunas where he worked from 1923 to 1930. He studied acting at the National Theatre, and appeared in performances of the Vilkolakis Theatre troupe. He also began writing seriously from the mid-1920s, and between 1933 and 1940, he edited or co-edited the satirical newspaper Kuntaplis.
