Vaiva Grainytė (b. 1984) is a writer, playwright, and poet. Her writer’s practice usually crosses the confines boundaries of deskwork and becomes an integral part of an interdisciplinary polylogue. Her handwriting exhibits the features typical of her oeuvre: personal and collective memory, daily routine and social issues are in harmony with poetic and ironic approach.

Her first book of essays Beijing Diaries was nominated for the Lithuanian Book of the Year category and made it to the list of 12 Most Creative Books. In 2013 the book received The Augustinas Gricius Award.

She is coauthor and the librettist of the contemporary opera for 10 singing cashiers, supermarket sounds and piano Have a Good Day, which holds 6 prestigious international awards (its libretto is translated into 9 languages). The second piece she did with composer Lina Lapelytė and director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė – the opera-performance Sun and Sea (Marina) – was selected to represent Lithuania at the 58 th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, where authors received Golden Lion award. In 2019 Vaiva’s poetry book Gorilla’s archives was published.