Yana Kane came to the United States as a refugee from the Soviet Union when she was a teenager. She has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Cornell University. She is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she has been awarded the Baumeister Scholarship.aumeister Scholarship. Her writing appeared in a variety of Russian and English language magazines and anthologies. A bilingual book of her poetry and translations, “Kingfisher/Zimorodok,” was published in 2020. View.Point recognized her poetry translations as among the “Best of 2022.” She won the 2024 RHINO Poetry Translation Prize, was a finalist for the 2025 Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation, was selected for Deep Vellum Best Literary Translations 2025 anthology and nominated for Deep Vellum Best Literary Translations 2026 anthology.