Nina Kossman is a transdisciplinary artist whose work is animated by an interest in nature, history, mythology, and bilingualism. A writer, painter, and sculptor, she has exhibited her paintings and root sculptures internationally. Her writing has been published in over ninety magazines and anthologies and 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 October 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. A founding editor of EastWest Literary Forum, she was born in the former Soviet Union and now lives in New York.
NB: “Kossman” is spelled with a double “s” in English and one “c” in Russian.
Nina Kossman is a transdisciplinary artist whose work is animated by an interest in nature, history, mythology, and bilingualism. A writer, painter, and sculptor, she has exhibited her paintings and root sculptures internationally. Her writing has been published in over ninety magazines and anthologies and 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 October 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. A founding editor of EastWest Literary Forum, she was born in the former Soviet Union and now lives in New York.
NB: “Kossman” is spelled with a double “s” in English and one “c” in Russian.