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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
Odesa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...
, former
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
(now
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
), 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
Rochester, New York
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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
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.
Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
.
Honors and awards
* 2020
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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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
Academy of American Poets
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fellowship
* 2019
National Book Award
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The Nat ...
finalist for ''Deaf Republic ''
* 2019
National Book Critics Circle Award
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* 2019 '' The New York Times '' Notable Book of the Year for ''Deaf Republic ''