Marius Burokas – Улица Пылесос (Vacuum Cleaner Street)

Poem from the poetry book "Seismograph"

Marius Burokas (b. 1977) is a freelance writer, translator, and literary reviewer. He is also the former editor-in-chief of the online magazine, Vilnius Review (2016-2023). He made his poetry debut in 1999 and has since published four further collections, winning the Young Yotvingian Prize, the Antanas Miškinis Literary Prize, and the Poetry Spring/Maironis Award. His new poetry book Seismografas (Seismograph) was published in 2025.
Burokas is a member of the Lithuanian Writers Union, the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators, and PEN Lithuania.

translated by Rimas Uzgiris
video by Eugenius Tichonov
organized by Saulius Vasiliauskas
funded by Vilnius City Municipality

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