Doc. dr. Liutauras Degėsys
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Vilnius University. He has interned and lectured in Prague, Budapest, Istanbul, Sweden, and studied and taught at the University of Iowa (USA) and Montclair State University (USA). He has published 9 books of poetry, five collections of philosophical essays and three novels. He has published more than 90 articles in the cultural press and on various internet portals. Degėsys is the author of monographs, scientific articles and textbooks: he has written 7 textbooks for adult education, secondary and higher education.
Current member of the Lithuanian Writers Union. He has been awarded the Ministry of Culture Prize for Journalism twice (2010, 2017), the Government Prize for Culture and Art for poetry and books of philosophical essays (2013).