Diana Paklonskaitė (Lithuania)

Diana Paklonskaitė was born in 1970 in Kaunas and raised in Dzūkija. She studied at the Kaunas Higher School of Art (formerly known as the Stepas Žukas Technical College). Paklonskaitė lived in Ireland for 18 years. She currently lives in Druskininkai and works at a gift shop. She likes to do pottery in her spare time. Paklonskaitė is the author of three poetry books: Gilaus mėlynumo (Deep Blue, 2006), Lakštingalų Airijoj nėr (No Nightingales in Ireland, 2014), and Gėlės kaip šunys (Flowers Like Dogs, 2023).