Gintaras Bleizgys (Lithuania)

Gintaras Bleizgys was born in 1975 in Druskininkai. He graduated from Vilnius University with a bachelor’s degree in Lithuanian philology, a master’s degree in literary theory, and later, a master’s degree in business management. Bleizgys is the author of ten poetry books and four prose books, and is a recipient of multiple literary awards. Bleizgys won the Yotvingian Prize in 2014. He currently lives in Vilnius and studies gestalt therapy at the Vilnius Gestalt Institute.