Ilya Shambat

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Ilya Shambat

Australia

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.

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The Mushroom-Picker

by Zinovy Zinik

When Clea returns to London with her new Russian husband, she is surprised to see him become even more eccentric.

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Behind the Border

by Nina Kossman

“13 short pieces…pungently convey the effects of growing up under a totalitarian regime.” .—Publishers Weekly

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Gods of Unfinished Business

by Nina Kossman

A new book of poems by Nina Kossman. “When the mythological and personal meet, something transforms for this reader…” —Ilya Kaminsky

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Other Shepherds: Poems with Translations from Marina Tsvetaeva

by Nina Kossman

Original poetry by Nina Kossman, accompanied by a selection of poems by Marina Tsvetaeva, translated from Russian by Kossman. “The sea is a postcard,” writes Nina Kossman. There is both something elemental in this vision and—iron-tough.”
—Ilya Kaminsky

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