Ilya Kaminsky performs poems from Dancing in Odessa, as well as his recent manuscript, Deaf Republic, in room 220. He is a cofounder of Poets for Peace, currently teaching in SDSU's creative writing program.
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.
Ilya is the author of Dancing In Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004) which 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 Kaminski manuscript, Deaf Republic, were awarded Poetry magazine's Levinson Prize. [info from author's website]
Admission: FREE
Location:
Grossmont College
8800 Grossmont College Drive
El Cajon, CA 92020
Thursday, October 21 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 644-7523
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.
Ilya is the author of Dancing In Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004) which 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 Kaminski manuscript, Deaf Republic, were awarded Poetry magazine's Levinson Prize. [info from author's website]
Admission: FREE
Location:
Grossmont College
8800 Grossmont College Drive
El Cajon, CA 92020
Thursday, October 21 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 644-7523
