Poet
Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odessa, former USSR and currently lives in California. His poetry has been awarded many prizes, including American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, Lannan Award, and many others. His books have been translated into many languages and published in Spain, France, Russia, Turkey, Macedonia, Romania and China, where he was awarded Yinchuan Prize for literature. Recently he has been shortlisted for the Neustadt International Literature Prize.
