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Ilya Kaminsky (born April 18, 1977) is a
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, USSR-born, Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish-American poet, critic, translator and professor. He is best known for his poetry collections ''Dancing in Odesa'' and ''Deaf Republic'', which have earned him several awards. In 2019, the
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named Kaminsky among "12 Artists who changed the world".


Life

Kaminsky was born in
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), on April 18, 1977, to a Jewish family. He became hard of hearing at the age of four due to mumps. He began to write poetry as a teenager in Odesa, publishing a chapbook in Russian entitled ''The Blessed City.'' His family was granted asylum to live in the United States in 1993 due to anti-semitism in Ukraine, and settled in
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. He started to write poems in English in 1994. Kaminsky is the author of two critically acclaimed collections of poetry, ''Dancing in Odesa'' (2004) and ''Deaf Republic'' (2019). Both books were written in English, Kaminsky's second language. Over the years, Kaminsky has also become known for his passionate advocacy of translation of international literature in the United States. A long time poetry editor at '' Words Without Borders,'' and ''Poetry International'', he has also edited several anthologies of poetry from around the world, including ''Ecco Anthology of International Poetry'' (Harper Collins), which is widely used in classrooms all over the country. He has also founded and edited ''Poets in the World,'' a book series which is dedicated to publishing compilations of poetry from around the globe, including places such as Iraq, China, Eastern Europe, South America, and elsewhere. Kaminsky has worked as a law clerk for San Francisco Legal Aid and the National Immigration Law Center. More recently, he worked pro-bono as the Court Appointed Special Advocate for Orphaned Children in Southern California. Currently, he holds the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Institute of Technology and lives in Atlanta. Kaminsky was a judge for the 2021
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Honors and awards

* 2020
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for ''Deaf Republic '' * 2020
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, given to works that make important contributions to understanding racism and appreciation of rich diversity of human culture. *2019
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fellowship * 2019
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finalist for ''Deaf Republic '' * 2019
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as one of "12 artists who changed the world in 2019" * 2019 '' The New York Times '' Notable Book of the Year for ''Deaf Republic '' * 2019 National Jewish Book Award * 2019
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finalist * 2019
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for Poetry, finalist * 2018
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* 2013
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finalist * 2008
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* 2005 Whiting Award * 2005 American Academy of Arts and Letters Metcalf Award * 2001 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship Best Book of the Year ''Deaf Republic'' was listed as ''The New York Times'' Notable Book and was called Best Book of the Year by numerous publications, including
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Work

Kaminsky is best known for his poetry collections, ''Dancing in Odesa'' (2004) and ''Deaf Republic'' (2019). He is also known for his work in literary translation, his anthologies of international poetry and his literary essays.


Poetry collections

* ''Dancing in Odesa'' published by
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in USA and Arc in UK, 2004 * ''Deaf Republic'' published by Graywolf in USA and Faber in UK, 2019 Chapbooks * "Musica Humana" (poetry, Chapiteau Press, 2002) * "Sonya's Fairytale" (poetry, Bonnefant Press, Holland, 2010) * "It is the Soul that is Erotic" (lyric essay, Orison Press, 2017) * "A Soul's Noise" (lyric essay, Five Hundred Places Press, 2017) In translation * Sagir Cumhuriyet, translated into Turkish (Harfa, Turkey, 2020) * Kurtide vabariik, translated into Estonian (Loomingu Raamatukogu, Estonia, 2020) * Dansað í Ódesa, translated into Icelandic (Dimma Publishers, Iceland, 2017) * Tanzen in Odesa, translated into German (Klak Publishing House, Berlin, 2017) * Танцувајќи во Одеcа, translated into Macedonian (Blesok Publishers, Macedonia, 2014) * Bailando en Odesa, translated into Spanish (Valparaiso Ediciones, Mexico, 2014) * Bailando en Odesa, translated into Spanish (Tupelo Press, USA, 2018) * Musika Narodov Vetra, translated into Russian (Ailuros Publishing, 2013) * Selected Poems and Essays, translated into Chinese (book, Shangai Literature and Art Publishing House, 2013) * Bailando en Odesa, translated into Spanish, Libros del Aire, Madrid, 2012 * Dovenrepubliek, translated into Dutch (Azul Press, Amsterdam, Holland, 2011) * Odesa'Da Dans, by Ilya Kaminsky, translated into Turkish, Cervi Siir, Istanbul, 2010 * On Dance a Odesa, by Ilya Kaminsky, (a book, Editions D'Art Le Sabord, Quebec, 2010) * ''Бродячие музыканты'' translated into Russian (Moscow, Yunost, 2007) * Dansand in Odesa, tr. into Romanian by Chris Tanasescu, (book, Editura Vinea, Bucharest, 2007) Translations * "Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva" (Alice James Books, 2012) * "A Small Suitcase of Russian Poetry: An Anthology of Translations" (Henry Miller Museum, Ping-Pong Free Press) * "Mourning Ploughs Winter: Poems of Guy Jean" (Marick Press, 2012) * "If I Were Born in Prague: Poems of Guy Jean" (Argos Press, 2011) * "This Lamentable City: Poems of Polina Barskova" (Tupelo Press, 2010) * "Traveling Musicians: Poems of Polina Barskova" (Yunost Publishers, Moscow, 2007) Anthologies editor * "Ecco Anthology of International Poetry" (Harper Collins, 2010) * "Homage to Paul Celan" (Marick Press, 2012) * "A God in the House" (Tupelo Press, 2012) * "Gossip and Metaphysics: Russian Modernist Poems and Prose" (Tupelo Press, 2014) * "In Shape of a Human Body I am Visiting This Earth: Poems from Far and Wide" (McSweeneys, 2017) Book series edited ''Poets in the World'', a Book Series Edited by Ilya Kaminsky * Pinholes in the Night: Essential Poems from Latin America, editors Raul Zúrita and Forrest Gander (Copper Canyon Press) * Seven New Generation African Poets, editors Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani (Slapering Hol Press) * Fifteen Iraqi Poets, editor Dunya Mikhail (New Directions) * Another English: Anglophone Poems from Around the World, editors Catherine Barnett and Tiphanie Yanique (Tupelo Press) * Elsewhere, editor Eliot Weinberger (Open Letter Books) * Bones Will Crow: An Anthology of Burmese Poetry, editor Ko Ko Thett and James Byrne (Northern Illinois University Press) * Landays: Poetry of Afgan Women, editor Eliza Griswold, Special Issue of Poetry magazine * New Cathay: Contemporary Chinese Poetry, editor Ming Di (Tupelo Press) * Something Indecent: Poems Recommended by Eastern European Poets, editor Valzhyna Mort (Red Hen Press) * The Star by My Head: Poets from Sweden, editors Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström (Milkweed Editions) * Open the Door: How to Excite Young People about Poetry, editors Dorothea Lasky, Dominic Luxford and Jesse Nathan * The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders, editors Jared Hawkley, Brian Turner and Susan Rich (McSweeneys)


Non-fiction

In 2018, Kaminsky published in ''
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'' a widely discussed lyric essay about deafness and his return to Odesa, Ukraine, after many years away. He also writes essays on various subjects such as borders, creative life in the age of surveillance, and poetics of Paul Celan, for publications such as ''
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Critical reception

Writing for ''
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'', Kevin Young calls ''Deaf Republic'' "a contemporary epic. Evident throughout is a profound imagination, matched only by the poet's ability to create a republic of conscience that is ultimately ours, too" In ''The New York Times'', Parul Sehgal says: "I was stunned by Ilya Kaminsky's ''Deaf Republic'', lyric poems presented as a play in two acts, set in a country in crisis, inspired both by Odesa, where Kaminsky grew up, and America, where he now lives. It's a book about censorship, political apathy, torture — "the nakedness / of the whole nation" — but also about tomato sandwiches, the birth of a daughter and the sudden, almost shocking joys of longtime married life." In ''The Guardian'', Fiona Benson says: "I fell hard for Ilya Kaminsky's ''Deaf Republic''. Part folklore, fable, war story and love poem, it imagines an occupied town falling deaf in response to the shooting of a child. Often devastating, always humane, this is a book of the century, let alone this year." ''
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'' calls ''Deaf Republic'' "a contemporary masterpiece. This book is proof that in 2019 great poetry can enjoy tremendous popularity." About Kaminsky's first book, ''Dancing in Odesa'', Robert Pinsky writes: "Passionate, daring to laugh and weep, direct yet unexpected, Ilya Kaminsky's poetry has a glorious tilt and scope."


Selected poems and essays

Poems
Poems
from ''Deaf Republic'' in ''The New Yorker''
A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems
at ''Poetry'' website
A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems
at
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A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems
at ''
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''Musica Humana''
at Poetry International Rotterdam website
''Elegy for Joseph Brodsky''
at Poetry International Rotterdam website
''We Lived Happily During the War ''
at
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''Author's Prayer''
at ''Poetry'' website Essays *

' in ''The New York Times Magazine''
''Of Strangeness that Wakes Us: On Mother Tongues, Fatherlands, and Paul Celan''
in ''Poetry''


References


External links

*
Profile at The Whiting Foundation

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