Ilya Shambat was born in the former Soviet Union and started writing poetry at age 10. When he was 12, he moved to America; when he was 18, he finished the University of Virginia. Ilya has translated a vast body of Russian poetry into English, including the complete body of poetry by Marina Tsvetayeva and Igor Severyanin. He is currently residing in Australia, where he is raising a family. You can read Ilya’s translations on his site https://sites.google.com/site/ibshambat/translations-of-classical-russian-poets-by-ilya-shambat.