Semyon Khanin

Semyon Khanin is a poet and translator. He is author of the books Tol’ko chto (2003), Opushchennye podrobnosti (2008), Vplav’ (2013), A vam ne kazhetsa, chto eti vashi p’at’ minut kak-to slishkom sil’no zat’anulis’ (2015), No ne tem (selected poems, 2017), Posignal’ (2019), and 2/2 (2023). His books of poems have appeared in translation into many European languages. Khanin is a translator of Latvian and American poetry into Russian, and editor of numerous poetry collections of Russian and Latvian poets. He edited the anthology Latvian/Russian Poetry: Poems in Russian Written by Latvian Poets (2011) that includes his own extensive critical essay. Khanin is a founding member of the poetry and multimedia art project Orbita, a creative collective that sustains a dialogue between various cultures and genres (including literature, music, video and photography, among others). He is the author of the performances and installations "One Face Theatre," "Three-Dimensional Poetry," and others.