A Conversation and Reading by Lithuanian Poet Aušra Kaziliūnaitė and Japanese Translator Aya Kimura
In her short film Plants Which Grow in My Sky (16 min, 2024), Lithuanian writer, poet, philosopher, and artist Aušra Kaziliūnaitė explores how we can reconsider the relationship between humans and nature in today’s world. The screening will be followed by poetry readings and a conversation about the nature of poetry writing and translation between Aušra Kaziliūnaitė and Japanese translator Aya Kimura.
Aušra Kaziliūnaitė (b. 1987) is a poet, philosopher, and writer with a PhD in the humanities. She is the author of five poetry collections written in Lithuanian, with her work translated into 19 languages. Full-length collections of her poetry have been published in English, German, Russian, and Polish. In 2023, she was awarded the Berlin Fellowship by the Section Literature of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany. This year, she is a participant in the Kyoto Writers Residency. Kaziliūnaitė is based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Aya Kimura
Associate Professor at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, specializing in museology and area study of Lithuania. As a translator, she translated several Lithuanian books into Japanese, such as the graphic novel Siberian Haiku (2017 in Lithuanian, 2021 in Japanese). In 2024, she was awarded the “Poetry Spring (Poezijos pavasaris)” prize for her translation works.
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