21 September 2020
Ieva Toleikytė (Lithuania)
Ieva Toleikytė (b. 1989 Vilnius) is a writer and translator of Danish literature. After completing a degree in Scandinavian studies, from 2015-2018 she taught Danish language, Scandinavian literature and literary theory at Vilnius University. Since 2017 she has been volunteering at Angel of Hope children’s day centre. Her literary debut was a collection of short stories Mustard House in 2009. These poems are from her second book, Slippery Red Palace (2020).