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Ilya Kaminsky

Born in Odessa, former Soviet Union, Ilya Kaminsky arrived to the US in 1993. He has won National Russian Essay Contest, National Shepardi Prize for Poetry and most recently, Ruth Lilly Fellowship from POETRY Magazine. In 1999-2000, Ilya served as a George Bennett Fellow Writer-In-Residence at Phillips Exeter Academy. His manuscript, "From the Province of Gratitude," was a finalist for the National Poetry Series in 2000. Current work appears or is forthcoming in Salmagundi, Southwest Review, Tikkun, The American Writing, Literary Review, Mars Hill Review. Kaminsky also writes poetry in Russian. His work in that language was recently chosen for "Bunker Poetico" at 2001 Venice Biennial.

Email Ilya at ik001f@yahoo.com or at kaminski@georgetown.edu

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