Donatas Petrošius studied Lituanistica and Literature in Vilnius/Lithuania and worked as an editor for several media such as „politika.lt“ or „Panorama“. Since 2008 he works and lives as a freelance writer and regularly publishes essays and critics in „Literatūra ir menas“ or „Bernardinai.lt“. Donatas Petrošius is one of the best known poets of his generation in Lithuania; many of his poems have been translated. His first collection of poetry “Iš tvermės D“ (The D of Doggedness) was published in 2004; the second collection „Aoristas“ in 2009. For his debut in poetry “Iš tvermės” he received two prestigious prizes: the „Druskininkai Poetic Fall Prize“ and the „Zigmas Gėlė Prize“.

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