Vyt Bakaitis

Poet and translator Vyt Bakaitis is a native of Lithuania who has lived in the U.S. from an early age. His book of poems CITY COUNTRY was published in 1991 (Black Thistle Press) and since then two books of his translations have also appeared, including BREATHING FREE (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001), an anthology of contemporary Lithuanian verse. Several of his translations are in the anthology World Poetry (W. W. Norton, 1998). His latest book is DELIBERATE PROOF, published my Lunar Chandelier Press in...See more

Poet and translator Vyt Bakaitis is a native of Lithuania who has lived in the U.S. from an early age. His book of poems CITY COUNTRY was published in 1991 (Black Thistle Press) and since then two books of his translations have also appeared, including BREATHING FREE (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001), an anthology of contemporary Lithuanian verse. Several of his translations are in the anthology World Poetry (W. W. Norton, 1998). His latest book is DELIBERATE PROOF, published my Lunar Chandelier Press in 2010. See less