Albertas Juozėnas, mostly known by his pseudonym Juozas Baltušis (27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1909 in Riga – 4 February 1991 in Vilnius) was a Soviet Lithuanian writer, radio and press operative and public figure. A popular author in Lithuania, albeit with a strong Soviet identity, among his best known works are the 1947 play ''Gieda gaideliai'' (''The Cocks Are Crowing''), the novel ''Parduotos vasaros'' (''Sold-out Summers''), first published in two volumes in 1957 and 1969 and ''Sakmė apie Juzą'' (''The Tale of Juzas''), a 1979 universal piece of literature which won the Lithuanian SSR State Prize and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (French literary prize). From 1946 to 1954 he was the secretary of the party organization of the Lithuanian Writers' Union and from 1946 to 1954 and then 1958 until 1962 he worked as the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine ''Pergalė'' (''Victory''). He was the deputy of the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR for several decades.
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