Antanas Šimkus – poet.
He was born 5 April, 1977 in Vilnius.
In 1995 he finished M. Daukša Secondary school in Vilnius.
In 1995-2000 he studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius Pedagogical University. He got his Master’s degree in 2010. In 2014 he entered into a joint Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and Mykolas Romeris University philological type doctoral studies. In 2004-2009 he worked as an editor at “Literatūra ir menas”. From 2009 till 2015 he was an editor of culture themes at “bernardinai.lt”. He is an editor in chief of monthly magazine “Metai” since 2015.
A member of Lithuanian Writers’ Union since 2010.

B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Skradžiai: poems. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 1999.
Sezonas baigtas: poems. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2010.
Vaizdai iš gyvenimo bobulytės ir kt.: poems. – Vilnius: Bernardinai.lt, 2012.

D r e w   u p :
Poezijos pavasaris, 2013: almanack (together with G. Norvilas, B. Januševičius). – Vilnius: Rašytojų sąjungos fondas, 2013.
Poezijos pavasaris, 2014: almanack (together with D. Mitaitė, A. Jakučiūnas). – Vilnius: Rašytojų sąjungos fondas, 2014.
Poezijos pavasaris, 2015: almanack (together with D. Mitaitė, V. Stankus). – Vilnius: Rašytojų sąjungos fondas, 2015.

A w a r d s :
1995 Liūne Sutema literary award for poetry.
2010 Young Yotvingian award for poetry book “Sezonas baigtas”.
2012 Award of the Mayor of Vilnius for the book of poetry “Sezonas baigtas”.
2013 Book “Vaizdai iš gyvenimo bobulytės ir kt.” was nominated in the Book of the Year Campaign, in Books for Children section.
2013 Award for poetry for children in a book “Vaizdai iš gyvenimo bobulytės ir kt.” during Poetry Spring festival.
2013 Award of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.