Her poems, articles, and translations from English and Azerbaijani languages have been published in periodicals in Russia, Germany, the USA, Ukraine, Canada, and Azerbaijan. She has authored eleven books of poetry and non-fiction (popular psychology, literary criticism, memoirs, essays and articles). She works as a Neighborhood Library Supervisor of the Kings Bay Library, one of the branches of the Brooklyn Public Library.
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.
