Sergei Gandlevsky:  was born in 1952; is married with two children living in Moscow.  He earned a degree in Philology in 1976.  Two of his most recent books are,La ruggine e il giallo, Poesie, 1980–2011,edited and translated by Claudia Scandura, Rome: Gattomerlino, 2014 and Festa e alter Poesie (Passigli, Editore, 2017).  His poems have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Georgian, Hungarian, Finnish, Polish, Lithuanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Chinese, and Japanese.

Vladimir Gandelsman:  is a poet and translator, born in 1948, in Leningrad.  In 1990 he was invited to teach Russian at Vassar College.  He also taught Russian language and literature at Indiana University where he led a student theater.  He has published poetry both in Russia and the United States.  His most recent books are, The Ode to the Dandelion(Russian Gulliver, Moscow, 2010), The Mind of Words (Time, Moscow, 2015).  His poetry appeared in multiple literary reviews, including Oktyabr, Ogonyok,Znamya,Novyi Mir,Novaya Yunost,Zvezda,and Ural.

Maria Galina:  was born in 1958, in Tver.  Her first poetry publication was in Yunost (1991).  Since that time she presented five poetry books among which a poetry novel All about Liza.  She is also a literature observer: her essays and poetry reviews are published in Znamyaand Novy Mir magazines. For three years she held a course of modern poetry history in RGGU (Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow).

Elena Fanailova:  is a poet, critic, and journalist.  She was born in Voronezh, Central Russia, in 1962 and is graduate of the Voronezh Medical Institute.  She has worked as a doctor and as a university teacher. The Russian Versioncollection, translated by Genya Turovskaya and Stephanie Sandler, (Ugly Duckling Presse, New York, 2009), won the “Best Translated Book Award For Poetry” for 2010.