Poet and translator Vytautas Stankus was born in Vilnius. In 2009, he finished his studies in English philology at the Lithuanian Pedagogical University. He began publishing poems in the literary press in 2007. His first poetry collection, Walkingon the Othe Side of Ice (2009) won the Zigmas Gėlė-Gaidamavičius prize for best poetry debut. His second poetry book, From the Mirror Beyond, was published in 2014 and was chosen as Poetry Book of the Year. His newest book Drowning of the Ants was published at the end of 2016.