Eugenijus Ali?anka (b. 1960) lives in Vilnius, Lithuania, and works as editor-in-chief ofThe Vilnius Review. In Lithuania, his work has been accorded standing among the nation's finest literature: for example, his first poetry collection won the best debut of the year prize, and one of his essay collections was awarded the Culture Ministry Prize. But his work has also garnered international recognition: he has been a fellow of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and his work has been translated into French, Slovenian, Russian, Polish, Finnish, Hebrew, Swedish, German,