Gintaras Grajauskas Biography and latest books by Gintaras Grajauskas

Gintaras Grajauskas (1964) is a Lithuanian novelist, short-story writer and poet. He is also known for playing the bass guitar and sings in a popular rock band called Rokfeleriai. Grajauskas published his first book in 1993, the prize-winning collection of poems titled Tattoo. Grajauskas´ works often seem to tell stories of the mundane but if read carefully the reader comes across unexpected irony which describes a whole new reality.

Gintaras Grajauskas, was born in 1966 in Marijampole, Lithuania. After graduating from Stasys Šimkus Higher Music School, he was educated at the Klaipeda Faculty (the jazz department) of the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. He has also served the Lithuanian Radio and Television, and has edited Klaipeda’s literary supplement. He lives and works in Klaipeda, Lithuania.


His literary debut in 1993 was a poetry collection, Tattoo, which won the Zigmas Gele Award. His book A Bone Pipe received the Award of the annual international poetry event \'Spring of Poetry\' as well as the Ieva Simonaityte Award. His poetry has been translated into English, German, Swedish, Polish, Italian and other languages, and is included in Six Lithuanian Poets.