Leningrad Triptych

Irina Ratushinskaya is a Russian poet born in 1954. Charged with “the dissemination of slanderous documentation in poetic form,” she was forced to serve four years in a Soviet labor camp. Ratushinskaya continued to produce poetry during this time. After her release, she moved to the United States, where she was honored with the Religious Freedom Award. (updated 7/2010)

Ilya Nykin lives and works in St. Louis. (updated 1984)

AGNI has published the following translations:

Leningrad Triptych by Irina Ratushinskaya (translated with Pamela White Hadas)
My Lord by Irina Ratushinskaya (translated with Pamela White Hadas)

Pamela White Hadas’s latest book is Beside Herself. (updated 1984)

AGNI has published the following translations:

Leningrad Triptych by Irina Ratushinskaya (translated with Ilya Nykin)
My Lord by Irina Ratushinskaya (translated with Ilya Nykin)