Genya Turovskaya is an American poet

Poet

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, born in Ukraine. Her work has been published in many journals and literary reviews. She received various awards and fellowships, such as a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, a Montana Artist Refuge Fellowship, the Witter Bynner Translation Residency at Santa Fe Art Institute, and a Fund for Poetry grant. She holds an MFA from Bard College

Bard College

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Career

Her original poetry and translations from Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 have appeared in Chicago Review

Chicago Review

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, Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Conjunctions, is a biannual American literary journal based at Bard College. It was founded in 1981 and is currently edited by Bradford Morrow....

, A Public Space, 6x6, Aufgabe, Poets and Poems, Octopus, jubilat, Tantalum, Gulf Coast, Jacket, Saltgrass, Shifter, Supermachine, and other publications.

Turovskaya lives in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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,New York

New York

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 where she is an associate editor of the Eastern European Poets Series at Ugly Duckling Presse

Ugly Duckling Presse

Ugly Duckling Presse is an American nonprofit art and publishing collective based in Brooklyn, New York City that publishes small to mid-size runs of poetry, translations, lost works, and artist's books. It was founded in 1993 by Matvei Yankelevich as a college zine before expanding to publishing...

. She is the author of the chapbooks, Calendar (2002), The Tides (2007), and New Year's Day (2011).

She is the co-translator of two books of poetry, Red Shifting by Aleksandr Skidan (2008) and The Russian Version by Elena Fanailova

Elena Fanailova

Elena Nikolayevna Fanailova is a Russian poet.Born in Voronezh, she graduated from the Voronezh Medical Institute and earned a degree in journalism from Voronezh State University. She worked for six years as a doctor at Voronezh Regional Hospital...

 (2010), both published by Ugly Duckling Presse

Ugly Duckling Presse

Ugly Duckling Presse is an American nonprofit art and publishing collective based in Brooklyn, New York City that publishes small to mid-size runs of poetry, translations, lost works, and artist's books. It was founded in 1993 by Matvei Yankelevich as a college zine before expanding to publishing...

. The Russian Version won the University of Rochester's Three Percent Solution award for Best Translated Book of Poetry in 2010.