Ilya Kaminsky is a Russian-born American poet and essayist. He is the author of three poetry collections, Dancing in Odessa (2004), Deaf Republic (2019), and Music for Another Life (2021). His work has been widely praised for its lyricism, its exploration of identity and displacement, and its engagement with history and politics. Kaminsky has received numerous awards, including the Whiting Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He is currently a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Georgia State University. Kaminsky's work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has been featured in The New Yorker, The New Republic, and Poetry Magazine.