Alexander Milstein
Author Profiles

About the Author:

пхото Мильш
Alexander Milstein
Munich, Germany

Born in Kharkiv in 1963, Alexander Milstein is a short story writer, novelist, and visual artist. After studying mathematics, he began writing in 1988. Since then, he has published eight books of prose, half in Russia and the other half in Ukraine, where his collection “Pyatipol,” featuring his paintings alongside his texts, was published in 2017. His paintings are partly based on his literary works. Since the publication of “Pyatipol,” they are exhibited in galleries and are included in his books.

Bookshelf
100 pms war
by Julia Nemirovskaya, editor

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.

DesyatyjKrug
by David Gay

The documentary novel “The Tenth Circle” tells the story of the life, struggle, and destruction of the Minsk ghetto, one of the largest in the Soviet Union and Europe during World War II. (Russian edition)

1. Dislocation
by Julia Nemirovskaya and Anna Krushelnitskaya, editors

This collection focuses on the war between Russia and Ukraine as seen by Russophone poets from all over the world.

Videos
Play Video
EastWest Literary Forum Bilingual Poetry & Prose Reading. July 13, 2025.
Length: 2 hrs. 08 min