Aušra Kaziliūnaitė, born in 1987, is a poet, philosopher, and writer with a PhD in the humanities. She has published five poetry collections in Lithuanian, with her works translated into 19 languages. Full-length collections of her poetry have appeared in English, German, Russian, and Polish. In 2023, she was awarded the Berlin Fellowship by the Section Literature of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany. This year, she is taking part in the Kyoto Writers Residency. Kaziliūnaitė is based in Vilnius, Lithuania.