Nina Kossman is a Soviet-born American author, short story writer, poet, memoirist, playwright, translator of Russian poetry, and editor. She is also a multifaceted artist whose work draws on her interests in nature, history, mythology, and bilingualism. Her writing has appeared in over ninety magazines and anthologies and has been translated into thirteen languages, including French, Greek, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. Her books include poetry and short prose (in Russian and English), children’s verse, an anthology for Oxford University Press, two volumes of translations of Marina Tsvetaeva, a nonfiction book about her travels in Ukraine (due out in fall 2026), and a forthcoming novel. Her plays have been produced in the US, the UK, and Australia. A finalist for the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, she has received an NEA fellowship, grants from the Onassis Foundation and the Foundation for Hellenic Culture, and the UNESCO/PEN Short Story Award. She has exhibited her paintings and root sculptures internationally. She lives in New York.
Nina Kossman is a Soviet-born American author, short story writer, poet, memoirist, playwright, translator of Russian poetry, and editor. She is also a multifaceted artist whose work draws on her interests in nature, history, mythology, and bilingualism. Her writing has appeared in over ninety magazines and anthologies and has been translated into thirteen languages, including French, Greek, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. Her books include poetry and short prose (in Russian and English), children’s verse, an anthology for Oxford University Press, two volumes of translations of Marina Tsvetaeva, a nonfiction book about her travels in Ukraine (due out in fall 2026), and a forthcoming novel. Her plays have been produced in the US, the UK, and Australia. A finalist for the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, she has received an NEA fellowship, grants from the Onassis Foundation and the Foundation for Hellenic Culture, and the UNESCO/PEN Short Story Award. She has exhibited her paintings and root sculptures internationally. She lives in New York.