About Ivan Akhmetyev

Ivan Akhmetyev's (b. 1950) authored at least five books of poetry. This early work is from Poems and Only Poems: Selected Poems, 1968-1992 (Vesy: Moscow, 1993). More recent poems have appeared in some of Russia's foremost literary journals: Arion, Druzhba Narodov, NLO, Novii Mir. Akhmetyev's extensive contribution includes co-editing the poetry section of Samizdat Veka (Century of Samizdat) and the posthumous publications of Jan Satunovsky and Mikhail Sokovnin, among others. See his pages at Russkaya Virtualnaya Biblioteka and Vavilon in this incomporable and invaluable Samizdat anthology. Read Alex Cigale’s other published translations of Ivan Akhmetyev’s work in Brooklyn Rail, Alba, and Fiera Lingue.