Poetess, literary critic, essayist
She was born 21 March, 1980 in Kėdainiai.
In 2004 she finished her studies of Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University and in 2007 she got her Master's degree. She worked in a bookstore, and at magazines for youth “Lux”, “Birutė”, also “Bernardinai.lt”, “Verslo žinios”, National Television and Radio (LRT) and “Mažoji studija”. She has published a lot of reviews and essays in cultural press. Her poems were published in various almanacks and collections. She is and editor at editorial office of “Šiaurės Atėnai” since 2010.
A member of Lithuanian Writers' Union since 2011.
Bibliography:
Sudie, mokykla: two novellas. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2001.
Heterų dainos: poems. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2008.
Postilės (together with J. Sasnauskas): commentaries of gospels. – Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2009.
Meninos: poems. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2014.
Publications in almanacks in foreign languages:
Six young Lithuanian poets / selected and translated by Kerry Shawn Keys. – Vilnius: Vaga, 2002.
Up and coming young Lithuanian writers / selected by Agnė Jurčiukonytė. – Vilnius: Books from Lithuania, 2006.
Under the Nothern Sky 2008: almanac of the European Literary Days in Šiauliai / edited by Marcus Roduner. – Šiauliai: Saulės delta, 2008.
Poetinis Druskininkų ruduo 2011. Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2011 / Selected by Marius Burokas. Translated by Ada Valaitis. – Vilnius: Vaga, 2011.
Coeurs ébouillantés, dix-sept poétes lituaniennes contemoraines. Nuplikytom širdim, septyniolika šiuolaikinių lietuvių poečių / Traductrices: Diana Sakalauskaitė et Nicole Barriére. – Paris: L‘Harmattan, 2012.
How the Earth Carries Us. New Lithuanian Poets / Selected and translated by Rimas Užgiris, Marius Burokas and others. – Vilnius: Lithuanian Culture Institute, 2015.
Publications in literary press in foreign languages:
Vilnius: literaturnaja panorama Litvy. – 2009, vesna / leto, Nr. 177 (perevod Georgija Efremova).
Arterie 16: kwartalnik artystyczno-literacki. – 2013, Nr. 2 (przełożyli Vytautas Dekšnys, Roman Honet, Zuzanna Mrozikowa).
Washington Square. – 2014, winter / spring (translated by Ada Valaitis).
Awards:
2009 Young Yotvingian Prize for poetry book Heterų dainos.
2014 Poetry book Meninos was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign and included into the list of twelve most creative books of the year.
2015 Jurga Ivanauskaitė literary award for poetry book Meninos.