Dancing in Odessa - Softcover

Ilya Kaminsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932195122 ISBN 13: 9781932195125

Publisher: Tupelo Press, 2004

Synopsis

Poetry. Winner of the 2002 Dorset Prize, and recipient of the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, Ilya Kaminsky is a recent Russian immigrant and rising poetic star. Despite the fact that he is a non-native speaker, Kaminksy's sense of rhythm and lyic surpasses that of most contemporary poets in the English language. This magical, musical book of poems draws readers into its unforgettable heart, and Carolyn Forché wrties simply "I'm in awe of his gifts."

About this title

About the Author:

Ilya Kaminsky
was born in Odessa, former Soviet Union in 1977, and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government.
Dancing In Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004) won the Whiting Writer's Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize, the Ruth Lilly Fellowship given annually by Poetry magazine. Dancing In Odessa was also named Best Poetry Book of the Year 2004 by ForeWord Magazine. In 2008, Kaminsky was awarded Lannan Foundation's Literary Fellowship.
In 2009, poems from his new manuscript, Deaf Republic, were awarded Poetry magazine's Levinson Prize. Currently, he teaches Contemporary World Poetry, Creative Writing, and Literary Translation in the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at San Diego State University.

Review:

...a remarkable debut, one that affords a rare and exhilarating pleasure: the sense of being at the start of something marvelous.Boston Review

""A superb and vigorous imagination, a poetic talent of rare and beautiful proportions, whose work is surely destined to be widely and enthusiastically noticed and applauded. This is the start of a brilliant career.""Anthony Hecht

""Kaminsky is more than a promising young poet; he is a poet of promise fulfilled. I am in awe of his gifts.""Carolyn Forché

""Passionate, daring to laugh and weep, direct yet unexpected, Ilya Kaminsky's poetry has a glorious tilt and scope.""Robert Pinsky --Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1932195122
• ISBN 13: 9781932195125
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 58