Ilya Kaminsky

{{Infobox writer

| name = Ilya Kaminsky

| image = Ilya Kaminsky 4190084.jpg

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| native_name_lang = uk

| native_name = Ілля Камінський

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|04|18}}

| birth_place = Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

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| language = English, Russian

| citizenship = American

| alma_mater = {{ubl|Georgetown University|University of California, Hastings College of the Law}}

| genre = Poetry

| spouse = Katie Farris

| website =

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Ilya Kaminsky{{efn|{{langx|uk|Ілля Камінський|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Illia Kaminskyi}}}}}} (born April 18, 1977) is a 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 BBC named Kaminsky among "12 Artists who changed the world".{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1dhG3DVPgXGjxmy7hchhZCN/12-artists-who-changed-the-world-in-2019|title=12 artists who changed the world in 2019|work=BBC|access-date=2022-01-16|language=en-GB}}

Life

Kaminsky was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) on April 18, 1977, to a Jewish family.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/19/ilya-kaminsky-interview|title='I will never hear my father's voice': Ilya Kaminsky on deafness and escaping the Soviet Union|last=Armitstead|first=Claire|date=2019-07-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-11-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} He became hard of hearing at the age of four due to mumps. He began to write poetry as a teenager in Odesa.{{Cite web|url=http://www.centrum.org/writing/2008/08/the-sunlight-of.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501194935/http://www.centrum.org/writing/2008/08/the-sunlight-of.html|url-status=dead|title=The Centrum Writers Exchange- August 1, 2008 - The Sunlight of Odessa: Poet Ilya Kaminsky by Jordan Hartt|archive-date=1 May 2009}} His family was granted asylum to live in the United States in 1993 due to antisemitism in Ukraine, and settled in Rochester, New York.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/deaf-republic|title=Deaf Republic|last=Kaminsky|first=Ilya|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2019-02-11|access-date=2019-11-17|language=en|issn=0028-792X}} He started to write poems in English in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ilya-kaminsky|title=Ilya Kaminsky|date=2019-11-16|website=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2019-11-17}}

Kaminsky is the author of critically acclaimed collections of poetry, Dancing in Odesa (2004) and Deaf Republic (2019). Both books were written in English, Kaminsky's second language.{{cite web |title=ForeWord Magazine - Book Of The Year Awards - 2004 Finalists Print Out |url=http://www.forewordmagazine.com:80/botya/print2k4.aspx |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519185511/http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/print2k4.aspx |archive-date=19 May 2006 |date=19 May 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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,{{Cite web|title=Ilya Kaminsky|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/ilya-kaminsky|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Words Without Borders}} and Poetry International,{{Cite web|title=Poetry International @ SDSU|url=https://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/people.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=poetryinternational.sdsu.edu}} he has also edited several anthologies of poetry from around the world, including Ecco Anthology of International Poetry (HarperCollins),{{Cite web|title=The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-ecco-anthology-of-international-poetry-ilya-kaminskysusan-harris|access-date=2021-01-26|website=HarperCollins|language=en}} which is widely used in classrooms all over the country. He has also founded and edited Poets in the World, a book series{{Cite web|date=2021-01-26|title=The Poetry Foundation's Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute Launches Its Poets in the World Series|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/71775/the-poetry-foundations-harriet-monroe-poetry-institute-launches-its-poets-in-the-world-series|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}} which is dedicated to publishing compilations of poetry from around the globe, including places such as Iraq, China, Eastern Europe, South America, and elsewhere.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} He has also edited and translated several collections of poetry from Ukraine.

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.{{Cite web|title=City of Asylum Performers Enter Finals at National Book Awards.|url=http://www.longshotbooks.com/1/post/2019/10/city-of-asylum-performers-enter-finals-at-national-book-awards.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Long Shot Books|language=en}} Currently, he is a professor at Princeton and lives in New Jersey.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Critical reception

Writing for The New Yorker, 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"{{Cite magazine |date=11 February 2019 |title="Deaf Republic" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/deaf-republic |magazine=The New Yorker}}

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."{{Cite news |last1=Garner |first1=Dwight |last2=Sehgal |first2=Parul |last3=Szalai |first3=Jennifer |date=5 December 2019 |title=Times Critics Discuss Their Year in Books, from New Talents to Old Favorites |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/books/critics-roundtable-year-in-books.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}

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."{{Cite web |date=30 November 2019 |title=Bernardine Evaristo, Lee Child and more pick the best books of 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/30/best-books-of-the-year-2019-bernardine-evaristo-lee-child-hilary-mantel |website=TheGuardian.com}}

Washington Examiner calls Deaf Republic "a contemporary masterpiece. This book is proof that in 2019 great poetry can enjoy tremendous popularity."{{cite web |date=5 April 2019 |title='Deaf Republic,' open ears {{!}} Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/deaf-republic-open-ears}}

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."{{cite news |title=Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky - Tupelo Press |url=https://www.tupelopress.org/product/dancing-in-odessa-ilya-kaminsky/ |newspaper=Tupelo Press}}

Honors and awards

2023 American Academy of Arts and Sciences{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=New Members Elected in 2023 |url=https://www.amacad.org/news/2023-member-announcement |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}
2023 Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns Internationella Litteraturpris, Sweden, finalist, for "Dansa i Odessa" (translated by Lars Gustaf Andersson) {{Cite web|title=Svensk Bookhandel: Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns internationella litteraturpris 2023|date=20 September 2023 |url=https://www.svb.se/kultur/de-kan-vinna-litteraturpris/4194095 |language=Swedish}}
2022 Prix Alain Bosquet, France, for République sourde (translated by Sabine Huynh)
2022 Premio Laudomia Bonanni, Italy {{Cite web|title=Premio Bonnani: Ilya Kaminsky p|url=https://www.virtuquotidiane.it/cultura/premio-bonanni-kaminsky-il-legame-tra-poesia-e-tempo-e-eterno.html|access-date=2023-02-26|website=Virtuqutidiane|date=18 November 2022 |language=It-Italy}}
2021 Honored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrant Award.{{Cite web |title=Ilya Kaminsky |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/ilya-kaminsky/ |access-date=June 10, 2024 |website=Carnegie Corporation of New York}}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Maggie |date=2021-07-01 |title=Reporter's Notebook: State database difficulty, other baseball on All-Star day |url=http://saportareport.com/reporters-notebook-state-database-difficulty-other-baseball-on-all-star-day/sections/reports/maggie/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=SaportaReport |language=en-US}}
2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Deaf Republic: Poems{{Cite web|title=Los Angeles Times Book Prizes: Ilya Kaminsky, Poetry|url=https://www.latimes.com/zrmpuzxvjuq-123|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Los Angeles Times|date=17 April 2020 |language=en-US}}
2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, given to works that make important contributions to understanding racism and appreciation of rich diversity of human culture.{{Cite web|title=Deaf Republic|url=https://www.anisfield-wolf.org/winners/deaf-republic/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards|language=en-US}}
2019 Academy of American Poets fellowship{{Cite web|url=https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/academy-american-poets-fellowship|title=Academy of American Poets Fellowship {{!}} Academy of American Poets|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|website=poets.org|access-date=2019-11-17}}
2019 National Book Award finalist for Deaf Republic {{Cite web|title=Deaf Republic|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/books/deaf-republic/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US}}
2019 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for Deaf Republic {{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky: 2019 Poetry finalist|url=https://www.bookcritics.org/2020/02/28/deaf-republic-by-ilya-kaminsky-2019-poetry-finalist/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=National Book Critics Circle|language=en-US}}
2019 Named by BBC as one of "12 artists who changed the world in 2019"{{Cite web|title=Artists who changed the world in 2019|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1dhG3DVPgXGjxmy7hchhZCN/12-artists-who-changed-the-world-in-2019|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}
2019 The New York Times Notable Book of the Year for Deaf Republic {{Cite news|date=2019-11-25|title=100 Notable Books of 2019 (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/books/notable-books.html|access-date=2021-01-26|issn=0362-4331}}
2019 National Jewish Book Award{{Cite web|title={{!}} Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts|url=https://iac.gatech.edu/news/item/631267/georgia-tech-poet-ilya-kaminsky-wins-national-jewish-book-award|access-date=2021-01-26|website=iac.gatech.edu}}
2019 T. S. Eliot Prize finalist{{Cite web|date=2019-07-10|title=Deaf Republic (Shortlisted, 2019 TS Eliot Poetry Prize; Winner, 2019 Forward Poetry Prize)|url=https://dura-dundee.org.uk/2019/10/07/deaf-republic/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=dura-dundee.org.uk|language=en-US}}
2019 Forward Prize for Poetry, finalist{{Cite web|title=Forward Arts Foundation in Conversation with Ilya Kaminsky|url=http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry/ilya-kaminsky/forward-arts-foundation-in-conversation-with-ilya-kaminsky/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Forward Arts Foundation|language=en-GB}}
2018 Guggenheim Fellowship{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/ilya-kaminsky/|title = Ilya Kaminsky|website = gf.org}}
2013 Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalist{{Cite web|date=2013-08-12|title=America's Nobel: The Neustadt International Prize for Literature|url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2013/08/americas-nobel-the-neustadt-international-prize-for-literature/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Publishing Perspectives}}
2008 Lannan Literary Fellowship
2005 Whiting Award
2005 American Academy of Arts and Letters Metcalf Award
2001 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship{{Cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes_fellowship.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107101213/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes_fellowship.html|url-status=dead|title=Poetry Foundation > Previous Ruth Lily Poetry Fellowship Recipients|archive-date=7 January 2011}}

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 NPR,{{Cite web|title=NPR's best books of 2020|url=https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2019|access-date=2021-01-26|website=apps.npr.org}} The Washington Post,{{Cite web|title=Bestpoetry collections of 2019|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-best-poetry-collections-of-2019/2019/11/21/1c2a7092-fa71-11e9-8190-6be4deb56e01_story.html|website=washingtonpost.com}} The New York Times Book Review,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/books/review/podcast-10-best-books-2019.html|title = Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2019|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 26 November 2019}} Times Literary Supplement,{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/books-of-the-year-2019/|title = Books of the Year 2019 - Arts & books roundups}} Publishers Weekly, Financial Times,{{cite news |last1=Crawford |first1=Maria |date=22 November 2019 |title=Best books of 2019: Poetry |newspaper=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/46e03bd0-0c11-11ea-b2d6-9bf4d1957a67 |url-access=subscription}} The Guardian,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/10/the-best-recent-poetry-review--roundup|title=The best recent poetry – review roundup|website=TheGuardian.com|date=10 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/30/best-poetry-of-2019|title = Best poetry of 2019|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 30 November 2019}} Irish Times,{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/christmas-gifts-for-readers-the-irish-times-guide-to-best-books-of-2019-1.4093540|title = Christmas gifts for readers: The Irish Times guide to best books of 2019| newspaper=The Irish Times }} Library Journal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=best-poetry-2019-best-books|title = Best Poetry 2019}} The Daily Telegraph,{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/best-new-poetry-books-buy-christmas-2019/|title = The best new poetry books to buy for Christmas 2019|newspaper = The Telegraph|date = 4 December 2019|last1 = Saunders|first1 = Tristram Fane}} New Statesman,{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/best-books-this-year-2019|title=Books of the year|accessdate=15 June 2023}} Slate,{{Cite journal|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/best-books-2019-dan-kois.html|title=The 10 Best Books of 2019, According to Slate's Books Editor|journal=Slate |date=3 December 2019 |last1=Kois |first1=Dan }} Vanity Fair,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/12/the-best-books-of-2019-editors-picks|title = The Best Books of 2019, as Chosen by the Editors of Vanity Fair|website = Vanity Fair|date = 26 December 2019}} Literary Hub,{{Cite web|url=https://lithub.com/the-ultimate-best-books-of-2019-list/|title = The Ultimate Best Books of 2019 List|date = 11 December 2019}} Huffington Post,{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/poetry-books-2019_in_5dec71e1e4b00563b8524d90|title=The Year I Fell in Love with Reading Poetry Again|date=8 December 2019}} the New York Public Library,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/adults|title = Best Books for Adults 2020}} and American Library Association.{{Cite web|url=https://rusaupdate.org/2020/01/2020-notable-books-list-years-best-in-fiction-nonfiction-and-poetry/|title=2020 Notable Books List: Year's best in fiction, nonfiction and poetry|date=26 January 2020}}

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.

= Writings =

Musica Humana (poetry, Chapiteau Press, 2002){{Cite web |title=Chapiteau Press Titles |url=http://www.chapiteau.org/html/titles.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012112055/http://www.chapiteau.org/html/titles.html |archive-date=2020-10-12 |access-date=2020-10-06}} {{ISBN|978-1-931498-32-6}}
Dancing in Odesa (poetry, Tupelo Press in USA and Faber{{Cite web |title=Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky | Books & Shop, Poetry |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571369188-dancing-in-odessa/ |accessdate=15 June 2023 |website=Faber}} in UK, 2004)
Sonya's Fairytale (poetry, Bonnefant Press, Holland, 2010){{Cite web |title=Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/Sonyas-fairy-tale-Deaf-Republic/dp/B00JKPCH4S |accessdate=15 June 2023 |website=Amazon}}
It is the Soul that is Erotic (lyric essay, Orison Press, 2017){{Cite web |title=It's the Soul That's Erotic: An Essay on Adélia Prado, by Ilya Kaminsky |url=https://www.orisonbooks.com/product-page/it-s-the-soul-that-s-erotic-an-essay-on-ad%C3%A9lia-prado-by-ilya-kaminsky}}
A Soul's Noise (lyric essay, Five Hundred Places Press, 2017){{cite web |title=fivehundred places |url=http://fivehundred-places.com/}}{{Cite web |title=Ilya Kaminsky: A soul's noise, Sanya Kantarovsky, Fivehundred places |url=http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/publishers/fivehundred-places/ilya-kaminsky-a-soul-s-noise.html}}
Deaf Republic (poetry, Graywolf{{Cite web |title=Deaf Republic | Graywolf Press |url=https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic}} in USA and Faber{{cite web |title=Deaf Republic {{!}} Faber & Faber |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571351411-deaf-republic.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106180731/https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571351411-deaf-republic.html |archive-date=2020-01-06}} in UK, 2019)
I See a Silence (a place-based poetry and installation at the former nuclear testing site,{{Cite news |last1=Armitstead |first1=Claire |date=3 August 2021 |title=Orford Ness: The apocalyptic art zone at war with nature |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/aug/03/orford-ness-afterness-artangel-national-trust-suffolk |newspaper=The Guardian}} Artangel, UK National Trust, Suffolk, United Kingdom, 2021){{Cite web |title=Afterness |url=https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/afterness/ |accessdate=15 June 2023 |website=www.artangel.org.uk}}

==In translation==

Sagir Cumhuriyet, translated into Turkish (Harfa, Turkey, 2020){{Cite web |date=19 November 2020 |title=Sağır Cumhuriyet: Ilya Kaminsky'nin Direnişi Şiirle Buluşturan Eseri Türkçede |url=https://kayiprihtim.com/haberler/edebiyat/sagir-cumhuriyet-ilya-kaminsky/}}
Kurtide vabariik, translated into Estonian (Loomingu Raamatukogu, Estonia, 2020){{Cite web |title=Ilya Kaminsky "Kurtide vabariik" |url=https://puant.ee/e-pood/eesti-keeles/luule/ilya-kaminsky-kurtide-vabariik |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210114106/https://puant.ee/e-pood/eesti-keeles/luule/ilya-kaminsky-kurtide-vabariik |archive-date=2021-02-10 |access-date=2021-02-09}}
Dansað í Ódesa, translated into Icelandic (Dimma Publishers, Iceland, 2017){{Cite news |date=10 September 2018 |title=Dansað í Ódessa |url=https://utgafadimma.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/dansad-i-odessa/ |newspaper=Dimma}}
Tanzen in Odesa, translated into German (Klak Publishing House, Berlin, 2017){{cite web |title=Ilya Kaminsky, Tanzen in Odessa. Gedichte {{!}} KLAK VerlagKLAK Verlag |url=https://www.klakverlag.de/produkt/tanzen-in-odessa-gedichte/}}
Танцувајќи во Одеcа, translated into Macedonian (Blesok Publishers, Macedonia, 2014){{Cite web |date=26 November 2014 |title=Шеста серија од поетската едиција "ЕваТас" на "Блесок" |url=https://a1on.mk/culture/shesta-serija-od-poetskata-edicija-evatas-na-blesok/}}
Bailando en Odesa, translated into Spanish (Valparaiso Ediciones, Mexico, 2014){{Cite web |date=23 November 2014 |title=Bailando en Odesa de Ilyá Kamínsky en Valparaíso México |url=https://circulodepoesia.com/2014/11/28524/}}
Bailando en Odesa, translated into Spanish (Tupelo Press, USA, 2018){{cite web |title=Bailando en Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky - Tupelo Press |url=https://www.tupelopress.org/product/bailando-en-odesa-ilya-kaminsky/}}
Musika Narodov Vetra, translated into Russian (Ailuros Publishing, 2013){{cite web |title=Илья Каминский "Музыка народов ветра" - Издательство "Айлурос" и другие |url=http://www.elenasuntsova.com/kaminsky |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622073702/http://www.elenasuntsova.com/kaminsky |archive-date=2012-06-22}}
Selected Poems and Essays, translated into Chinese (book, Shangai Literature and Art Publishing House, 2013){{cite web |title=Books {{!}} Ilya Kaminsky |url=https://www.ilyakaminsky.com/books}}
Bailando en Odesa, translated into Spanish, Libros del Aire, Madrid, 2012{{cite web |title=Bailando en Odesa : Ilyá Kamínsky : 9788494038730 |url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Bailando-en-Odesa-Ilya-Kaminsky/9788494038730}}
Dovenrepubliek, translated into Dutch (Azul Press, Amsterdam, Holland, 2011){{cite web |title=Ilya Kaminsky - Azul Press |url=http://www.azulpress.com/boeken/kaminsky.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011155127/http://www.azulpress.com/boeken/kaminsky.htm |archive-date=2020-10-11 |access-date=2020-10-06}}
Odesa'Da Dans, by Ilya Kaminsky, translated into Turkish, Cervi Siir, Istanbul, 2010{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/odessada-dans/333074.html |title=Kitapyurdu, Kitapla buluşmanın en kolay yolu |date=12 January 2013 |publisher=Artshop Yayıncılık |isbn=9786055102159}}
On Dance a Odesa, by Ilya Kaminsky, (a book, Editions D'Art Le Sabord, Quebec, 2010)[https://www.lesabord.qc.ca/book-full/57/On-danse-Odessa Book cover] lesabord.qc.ca
Бродячие музыканты translated into Russian (Moscow, Yunost, 2007){{cite web |title=Книга "Travelling Musicians / Бродячие музыканты" – купить книгу ISBN 5-88653-087-8 с быстрой доставкой в интернет-магазине OZON |url=https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/3781392/}}
Dansand in Odesa, tr. into Romanian by Chris Tanasescu, (book, Editura Vinea, Bucharest, 2007){{cite web |title=Ilya Kaminschy, Dansand in Odessa {{!}} Okazii.ro |url=https://www.okazii.ro/ilya-kaminschy-dansand-in-odessa-a210503207}}
Рэспубліка глухіх, tr. into Belarusian by Julia Cimafiejeva and Valzhyna Mort (Skaryna Press, London, 2023){{Cite web |title=Рэспубліка глухіх |url=https://www.skarynapress.com/knihi/respublika-hluchich |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113155731/https://www.skarynapress.com/knihi/respublika-hluchich |archive-date=2023-11-13 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Skaryna Press |language=en-US}}

==Translations==

"Traveling Musicians: Poems of Polina Barskova" (Yunost Publishers, 2007){{cite book |last1=Барскова |first1=Полина |url=https://www.livelib.ru/book/1001196776-travelling-musicians-brodyachie-muzykanty-polina-barskova |title=Travelling Musicians / Бродячие музыканты — Полина Барскова |publisher=Юность Паб. |year=2007 |isbn=9785886530872}}
"This Lamentable City: Poems of Polina Barskova" (Tupelo Press, 2010){{cite web |title=This Lamentable City by Polina Barskova - Tupelo Press |url=https://www.tupelopress.org/product/this-lamentable-city-polina-barskova/}}
"If I Were Born in Prague: Poems of Guy Jean" (Argos Press, 2011){{cite web |title=If I Were Born In Prague « Argos Books |url=http://argosbooks.org/?p=682}}
"Mourning Ploughs Winter: Poems of Guy Jean" (Marick Press, 2012){{cite web |title=Mourning Ploughs |url=https://marickpress.com/online-catalog/books/284-mourning-ploughs}}
"Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva" (Alice James Books, 2012){{cite web |title=Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva — Alice James Books |url=https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/dark-elderberry-branch}}
"A Small Suitcase of Russian Poetry: An Anthology of Translations" (Henry Miller Museum, Ping-Pong Free Press, 2016){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hpNJvgAACAAJ |title=A Small Suitcase of Russian Poetry: Russian Poetry in Translation |date=29 March 2016 |publisher=Ping-Pong Free Press/Henry Miller Memorial Library |isbn=9780997379501}}
"The Country Where Everyone's Name Is Fear: Poems of Boris and Luidmila Khersonsky" (Lost Horse Press, 2022){{cite web |title=The Country Where Everyone's Name is Fear: Poems of Boris and Ludmila Khersonsky — Lost Horse Press |url=https://losthorsepress.org/catalog/the-country-where-everyones-name-is-fear-selected-poems/}}

Anthologies editor

"Ecco Anthology of International Poetry" (HarperCollins, 2010){{cite web |title=The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry – HarperCollins |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-ecco-anthology-of-international-poetry-ilya-kaminskysusan-harris}}
"Homage to Paul Celan" (Marick Press, 2012){{cite web |title=Homage to Paul Celan, G.C.Waldrep |url=https://marickpress.com/home/70/103-homage-to-paul-celan}}
"A God in the House" (Tupelo Press, 2012){{cite web |title=A God in the House: Poets Talk About Faith - Tupelo Press |url=https://www.tupelopress.org/product/god-house-poets-talk-faith-ilya-kaminsky/}}
"Gossip and Metaphysics: Russian Modernist Poems and Prose" (Tupelo Press, 2014){{cite web |title=Gossip & Metaphysics, edited by Ilya Kaminsky - Tupelo Press |url=https://www.tupelopress.org/product/gossip-and-metaphysics-ilya-kaminsky/}}
"In Shape of a Human Body I am Visiting This Earth: Poems from Far and Wide" (McSweeneys, 2017){{cite web |title=Poetry - The McSweeney's Store |url=https://store.mcsweeneys.net/t/categories/books/poetry}}
"In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine" (Arrowsmith Press, 2023) {{cite web |title=In the Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine – Arrowsmith Press) |url=https://www.arrowsmithpress.com/preorder/in-the-hour-of-war}}

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{{Cite web |title=Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women |url=https://static.poetryfoundation.org/o/media/landays.html |access-date=2021-01-26 |website=static.poetryfoundation.org |language=en}}
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 The New York Times Magazine a widely discussed lyric essay about deafness and his return to Odesa, Ukraine, after many years away.{{Cite news |last1=Kaminsky |first1=Ilya |date=9 August 2018 |title=Searching for a Lost Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/magazine/searching-for-a-lost-odessa-and-a-deaf-childhood.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}

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 The Guardian, The New York Times, and Poetry.{{Cite web |date=3 March 2017 |title=Living on the border in Trump's America: 'walls don't stop people from crossing' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/03/living-on-the-border-in-trumps-america-walls-dont-stop-people-from-crossing |website=TheGuardian.com}}{{Cite news |last1=Kaminsky |first1=Ilya |date=3 January 2020 |title=Opinion | an Empty Street in Daylight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/03/opinion/ilya-kaminsky-privacy-poem.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |date=23 November 2021 |title=Of Strangeness That Wakes Us by Ilya Kaminsky |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/69909/of-strangeness-that-wakes-us}}

= Selected poems and essays =

Poems

[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/deaf-republic Poems] from Deaf Republic in The New Yorker
[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ilya-kaminsky A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems] at Poetry website{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ilya-kaminsky|title = Ilya Kaminsky | Poetry Foundation|date = 23 November 2021}}
A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems at The Academy of American Poets website{{Cite web|url=https://poets.org/poet/ilya-kaminsky|title=Ilya Kaminsky|website=Poets.org|access-date=15 June 2023}}
A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems at The Massachusetts Review website[https://www.massreview.org/sites/default/files/06_59.1Kaminsky.pdf A Selection of Kaminsky's Poems]
Musica Humana at Poetry International Rotterdam website{{cite web| url = https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poem/23212/auto/0/0/Ilya-Kaminsky/MUSICA-HUMANA/en/tile| title = MUSICA HUMANA (poem) - Ilya Kaminsky - USA - Poetry International}}
Elegy for Joseph Brodsky at Poetry International Rotterdam website{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poem/23377/auto/0/0/Ilya-Kaminsky/ELEGY-FOR-JOSEPH-BRODSKY/en/tile|title=ELEGY FOR JOSEPH BRODSKY (Poem) - Ilya Kaminsky - USA - Poetry International}}
We Lived Happily During the War at Poetry Magazine website{{cite web| url = https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/we-lived-happily-during-the-war| title = We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky {{!}} Poetry Foundation| date = 11 March 2022}}
Author's Prayer at Poetry website{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53850/authors-prayer|title = Author's Prayer by Ilya Kaminsky|date = 23 November 2021}}

Essays

[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/magazine/searching-for-a-lost-odessa-and-a-deaf-childhood.html Searching for a Lost Odesa -- and a Deaf Childhood] in The New York Times Magazine
[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/69909/of-strangeness-that-wakes-us Of Strangeness that Wakes Us: On Mother Tongues, Fatherlands, and Paul Celan] in Poetry

Notes

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.ilyakaminsky.com}}
[http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/ilya-kaminsky#/ Profile at The Whiting Foundation]
[http://www.tupelopress.org/kaminsky.shtml Tupelo Press > Author Page > Ilya Kaminsky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024015517/http://www.tupelopress.org/kaminsky.shtml |date=2007-10-24 }}

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