IGOR GUBERMAN "75..." translated by YEVGENIY SOKOLOVSKY. Bilingual Edition. ///// Igor Guberman is one of the most original and interesting poets writing in Russian today. Many lines from his quatrains - on human nature, love, anti-Semitism, Jewish and Russian histories - have acquired a legendary status in contemporary Russian lexicon. Guberman's ironic, pithy and yet philosophical verse, presented here in a masterful translation, should appeal to anybody who is interested in contemporary poetry and issues of translation.
About the translator:
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Yevgeniy Sokolovsky moved to the United States in 1992. He graduated from Columbia University, where he pursued a major in Russian Literature and concentration in Mathematics. Currently he works as an academic librarian at Berkeley College, New Jersey. His translations of Russian poetry have been published in literary periodicals in the United States.