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InnaKabysh

Russian poet Inna Kabysh (b. 1963) is the author of six books of

poetry. Her themes range fromdomestic life andwomen’swork

to Russia’s brutal war in Chechnya to the everyday struggle of

the poet to carve out time to write. Kabysh is fascinated by

the mother-child connection, which she explores in settings

ranging from hospital wards to orphanages for the souls of

aborted children to life in a Russian cottage.

In 1996 shewas awarded the Pushkin Prize of theAlfred Toepfer

Fund (Hamburg, Germany). She is also the winner of the Anton

Delwig Prize (2005) and the Anna Akhmatova Prize (2016).

We’re especially pleased to present a short video of one poem

from this section, “Shine On, Shine On, My Star”. You can watch

this video

here .