Nver Romia Hayrapetyan was born in 1971, in Egipatrush, a village in Armenia, where he still resides. He has been drawing and painting since his early childhood. He started studying at the Yerevan State Academy of Art but did not graduate. His works have been exhibited at several personal exhibitions and many group ones. Since 2014, he has been an honorary member of the Union of Artists of Armenia.
This excellent anthology, compiled and edited by Julia Nemirovskaya, showcases poems by Russian (and Russian-speaking) poets who express their absolute rejection of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
“Nina Kossman is equally at home in all genres of short prose: diary entries, mystical novellas, letters, autobiographical notes, and psychological sketches. She has good taste, a sober view of herself and others, and an innate gift for holding the reader’s attention.”
— Dmitry Bykov
This collection focuses on the war between Russia and Ukraine as seen by Russophone poets from all over the world.
Launched in 2012, “Four Centuries” is an international electronic magazine of Russian poetry in translation.
