* 28.11.1987, Vilnius, Lithuania
lives in: Vilnius, Lithuania

Aušra Kaziliūnaitė is author of four books of poetry. Her selected poems, The Moon is a Pill (Parthian Books, 2018) was published in English. The book was listed among the five best works of Baltic literature recently translated into English by literature expert Jayde Will. Her texts have been translated into fourteen other languages as well. Aušra Kaziliūnaitė has received numerous Lithuanian national awards including the Young Artist Prize from the Ministry of Culture (2016). She was invited to the International Writing Program 2018 (IWP) in the USA and participated courtsey of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Publications

Pirmoji lietuviška knyga

The First Lithuanian Book

[poems]

Kaunas: Nemunas, 2007
20% koncentracijos stovykla

20% Concentration Camp

[poems]

Vilnius: Kitos knygos, 2009
Mėnulis yra tabletė

The Moon is a Pill

[poems]

VIlnius: Lithuanian Writer's Union Publishers, 2014
esu aptrupėjusios sienos

I am Crumbled Walls

[poems]

Vilnius: Kitos knygos, 2016
The Moon is a Pill

[poems]

Cardigan: Parthian Books, 2018

Awards

2008 Elena Mezginaitė’s literary award for the poetry book 'Pirmoji lietuviška knyga'
2016 Jurga Ivanauskaitė Prize for the poetry book Mėnulis yra tabletė
2016 Ministry of Culture of Lithuania Young Artist Prize
2018 U. S. State Department Alumni
2018 Honorary Fellow in Writing, University of Iowa, USA

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