Ausra Kaziliunaite

(b. 1987, Vilnius) – poet, philosopher, and writer. She studied history and religious studies, and in 2020 earned a PhD from the Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University. Since 2019, she has served as Vice-President of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union. She has published five poetry collections to date: Pirmoji lietuviška knyga (The First Lithuanian Book, 2007), 20% koncentracijos stovykla (Half-Capacity Labour Camp, 2009), Mėnulis yra tabletė (The Moon Is a Pill, 2014), esu aptrupėjusios sienos (I Am Crumbling Walls, 2016), and Jūros nėra (There Is No Sea, 2021). Her work has received the prestigious Jurgis Ivanauskaitė Award, the Lithuanian Minister of Culture’s Award for Young Artists, and the Elena Mezginaitė Prize.