Ilya Kaminsky

Books

Ilya Kaminsky is the author of Dancing In Odessa, which was published by Tupelo Press in 2004 as the winner of the Dorset Prize. The book is currently in its 5th Edition. You can purchase a copy directly from Tupelo Press by clicking on the the image of the book:

 

Ilya is also the author of Musica Humana, which was published by Chapiteau Press in 2002. About that volume, Li Young Lee wrote: "What a glory Musica Humana is, all the depths and outer reaches of a human heart sung and spoken into visible existence. It is a book I wish I'd written, full of weeping and laughing and clapping and howling. It reaches far back into collective human imagination and charges our present moment with a great sense of destiny. I will read it again and again." You can purchase your copy from Chapiteau Press by clicking on this link:

 


Ecco Anthology of International Poetry is co-edited by Ilya and includes his introduction. About this book of over 400 pages of poetry in translation, Carolyn Forche wrote:

"This brilliantly assembled gathering of world voices reads as a symphony of utterance beginning to end, an international conversation of the highest order, regarding the questions and concerns of humankind, beyond borders and all other such barriers, real or imagined. Abundant thanks especially to the editors and translators of this magnificent work."
 
You can purchase this anthology by clicking on the image here:

Ilya has also edited and co-translated the poems of Polina Barskova, This Lamentable City, which Tupelo Press will publish in March 2010:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
Бродячие музыканты, selected poems in Russian language have appeared in 2007 in Moscow, Yunost publishers. You can purchase your copy of the book by clicking on this link. Some poems from this book are also available here.
 
Dancing in Odessa was also translated into Romanian and published in Bucharest by Editura Vinea in 2007. If you know Romanian you can read the book in that language by clicking on this link: