Stanislav Lvovsky
Stanislav Lvovsky was born in 1972 and graduated from the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University. After obtaining his degree, he moved into advertising, journalism. Now he works in culture events management. Stanislav Lvovsky is an editor-in-chief for the "Literature" section of OPENSPACE.RU, the only Internet media in Russia focused entirely on culture.
Lvovsky published a poetry collection, White Noise (Beliy shum), in 1996, a collection of short stories, A Word on Flowers and Dogs (Slovo o tsvetakh i sobakakh), in 2003, a mixed collection of poetry, translations and prose poetry, Three Months of the Year 2 (Tri mesyatsa vtorovo goda), in 2003, a poetry collection, Poems about the Motherland (Stikhi o Rodinye), in 2004, a poetry collection "Camera Rostrum" in 2008 and a novel, Half of the Sky (Polovina neba) (in co-authorship with Linor Goralik in 2004). He is also the author of a number of translations from English (Vytautas Pliura, Charles Bukowsky, Leonard Cohen, Diane Thiel and others), both published and unpublished. His play "Sixplays" written together with Linor Goralik was staged in Moscow-based "Theatre.doc".
Lvovsky is well known through regular appearances in periodicals and Internet publications. He has received numerous literary honors, including the awards of Moscow Free Verse Festival (1993), Teneta Internet Literary Contest (1998, in three nominations) and the award for best new poetry of the year at the 2003 Moskovskii Schyot. He was shortlisted twice for Andrey Bely prize (2005 and 2009). His poetry has been translated into and published in English, French, Chinese, Italian, Georgian and other languages. Lvovsky has participated in several poetry festivals including Moscow Poetry Biennale, "Poeteka" festival in Albania and "Živa književnost" in Slovenia. Stanislav Lvovsky participated in the Open World - CECArtlink program (2006). Stanislav Lvovsky is a program director of "SlovoNova" poetry Festival in Perm, Russia and a representative for Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellowship Fund.