Jouzas Luksa (1921-1951), also known by codename Daumantas or Skirmantas, was one of the most prominent post-World War II resistance leaders in Lithuania.

Laima Vince is a graduate of Columbia University, School of the Arts MFA program in Creative Writing, and the editor and translator of three anthologies of contemporary Lithuanian literature: The Earth Remains (Columbia University Press), Lithuania in Her Own Words (Tito Alba), and Raw Amber (Poetry Salzburg).