Olga Agour
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About the Author:

Olga Ag.
Olga Agour
Haifa, Israel

Olga Agour was born in Russia, lived in Baku, and moved to Israel in 1990. She is the author of two poetry collections in Russian, one poetry collection in Hebrew, and a book of translations from Hebrew into Russian of the Israeli poet Yona Volakh. Agour is a member of the Writers’ Union of Israel. Her work has been published in many print and online periodicals. A psychotherapist by profession, she volunteers her time on a psychological help hotline used by people in Ukraine, and by refugees fleeing both the war in Ukraine and the totalitarian regime in Russia.

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.

1. cover for EWLF Sept. 11 2024. FINAL BOOK_cover Opravdanie martyshki (1)
by Nina Kossman

“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

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.

700x500 Picture Fiour Centuries
by Ilya Perelmuter (editor)

Launched in 2012, “Four Centuries” is an international electronic magazine of Russian poetry in translation.

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