Aivaras Veiknys (b. 9 of January 1983 in Elektrėnai). Studied Real Estate Management in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. His first book R aktai (Keys) was published in 2007.
Worked as a journalist in Lithuanian daily "Respublika", has been in Afghanistan and prepared reportage from there.
Aivaras was awarded twise in Lithuanian Poetry Festival "Poetry Spring" in 2008 and 2010 as young emergent poet. Cultural Press willingly is publishing his poetry from 2008, literature critics are very positive about his poetry.
Aivaras is a coorganizer of a Festival "Literatūrinės Vilniaus slinktys" (Literary slide of Vilnius) and he is a compiler or three Anthologies of this Festival (2011-2013).
His second book "Paukštuko liudijimai" was published in
