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Irina Mashinski

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Irina Mashinski
Native name
Ирина Викторовна Машинская
Born (1958-04-09) April 9, 1958 (age 66)
Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
LanguageEnglish, Russian
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater
GenrePoetry
Website
https://www.irinamashinski.com/

Irina Mashinski (Russian: Ирина Викторовна Машинская; born Irina Viktorovna Mashinskaya, April 9th 1958) is a Russian-American poet, essayist, translator, and editor.

Biography

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Mashinski was born in Moscow in 1958[1][2] to Victor Alexandrovich Mashinsky and Natalya Isaakovna Yudovich. She received her Ph.D. in 1991 from Moscow University where she studied paleogeography.[3] In 1984, after completing her studies,[4] she moved to the United States, where she began teaching literature, history, and meteorology at a High School,[5][6] before eventually becoming a university professor.[7]

First published in 1984, appearing in an anthology by the informal literary group Sokolniki.[4] Mashinski has appeared in print more than seventy times,[8] and has served as editor-in-chief of the StoSvet project that publishes Cardinal Points,[9][10] the journal of Brown University’s Slavic Department. She has also worked extensively in the field of translation, earning the first place Joseph Brosky/Stephen Spender Prize together with Boris Dralyuk for their translation of the poem Field Hospital by Arseny Tarkovsky,[11] in addition to her aforementioned work on Cardinal Points.

Publications

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  • Mashinski, Irina (2022-03-15). The Naked World. Cheshire: MadHat Press. ISBN 978-1-952335-39-6.[12]
  • Ozerov, Lev; Chandler, Robert; Dralyuk, Boris; Bloshteyn, Maria R.; Mashinskai︠a︡, Irina (2018). Portraits without frames. New York Review Books classics. New York: New York Review Books. ISBN 978-1-68137-269-3.
  • Chandler, Robert; Dralyuk, Boris; Mashinski, Irina (2015-12-29). The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry. UK: National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-0-14-119830-9. OCLC 894339755.[13]
  • Mashinski, Irina; Dralyuk, Boris (2022-11-06). Giornata. Cervena Barva Press. ISBN 978-1-950063-60-4.
  • Mashinski, Irina (2013). Ophelia and the Trowel (in Russian). ISBN 978-1-938781-68-1.
  • Mašinskaja, Irina Viktorovna (2021). Kniga otraženij: trinadcatʹ otkrytok i odno pisʹmo = Book of reflections: thirteen postcards and a letter. InVersia. Ekaterinburg: Kabinetnyj učenyj. ISBN 978-5-7584-0594-9.[14]
  • Mašinskaja, Irina Viktorovna (2004). Putniku snitsja. Poėtičeskaja serija kluba "Proekt O-G-I". Moskva: O-G-I. ISBN 978-5-94282-245-3.[15]

Awards and honors

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  1. First Place at the Joseph Brodsky / Stephen Spender competition for their translation of 'Field Hospital' by Arseny Tarkovsky. Shared with Boris Dralyuk.[11]
  2. First Prize at the Maximilian Voloshin Poetry Contest[16]
  3. First Prize at the Russian American Poetry Contest[16]

References

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  1. ^ Blumberg-Kason, Susan (2022). "The Naked World: A Tale with Verse". World Literature Today; Norman. Vol. 96, no. 6. pp. 74–75 – via Proquest.
  2. ^ "Ирина Машинская | Новая карта русской литературы". www.litkarta.ru. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  3. ^ "Russian American Cultural Center". www.russianamericanculture.com. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  4. ^ a b "Ирина Машинская". www.stosvet.net. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  5. ^ "Irina Mashinski". Unlikely Stories Mark V. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  6. ^ "Russian American Cultural Center". www.russianamericanculture.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  7. ^ "501 The Naked World (with Irina Mashinski)". The History of Literature Podcast. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  8. ^ "Ирина Машинская — Журнальный зал". magazines.gorky.media. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  9. ^ "Cardinal Points literary Journal". Cardinal Points Literary Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  10. ^ "Mashinksi Irina, Author at Plume". Plume. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  11. ^ a b Tarkovsky, Arseny; Chegra, Sergei; Brodsky, Joseph (2013). "The Joseph Brodsky/Stephen Spender Prize". Ambit (214): 44–47. ISSN 0002-6972.
  12. ^ Reviews of The Naked Word
    • Blumberg-Kason, Susan (2022). "The Naked World: A Tale with Verse". World Literature Today; Norman. Vol. 96, no. 6. pp. 74–75 – via Proquest.
    • "THE NAKED WORLD". Russian Life; Montpelier. 65 (4): 66. 2022 – via Proquest.
  13. ^ Reviews of the Penguin Book of Russian Poetry
  14. ^ Mašinskaja, Irina Viktorovna (2021). Kniga otraženij: trinadcatʹ otkrytok i odno pisʹmo = Book of reflections: thirteen postcards and a letter. InVersia. Ekaterinburg: Kabinetnyj učenyj. ISBN 978-5-7584-0594-9.
  15. ^ Mašinskaja, Irina Viktorovna (2004). Putniku snitsja. Poėtičeskaja serija kluba "Proekt O-G-I". Moskva: O-G-I. ISBN 978-5-94282-245-3.
  16. ^ a b "Irina Mashinski | Translations: Bates International Poetry Festival". abacus.bates.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-22.