Rimas Uzgiris

Rimas Uzgiris is a poet and translator, author of North of Paradise, Tarp (poems translated into Lithuanian), and translator of Caravan Lullabies by Ilzė Butkutė, Then What by Gintaras Grajauskas, Now I Understand by Marius Burokas, The Moon is a Pill by Aušra Kaziliūnaitė, and Vagabond Sun by Judita Vaičiūnaitė. He holds a PhD in philosophy and MFA in creative writing. Recipient of a Fulbright Grant and an NEA Translation Fellowship, he teaches at Vilnius University.