Semyon Khanin

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Photo by Kevin Platt

Semyon Khanin was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1970. He is the author of two collections of poetry in Russian, Tol'ko chto (2003; Just now) and Opushchennye podrobnosti(2008; Missed details). His poetry has been translated into Latvian, English, Czech, German, Italian, Swedish, Estonian, and Ukranian. He is a participant in the literary project Orbita and editor of the almanac by the same name.

November 2011
Semyon Khanin
why did I keep yelling I'm an electricianI'm no electricianwhat came over meI gestured at outletscozied up to the circuit box, held the meter closeno one is buying ithere's my license, look, my certif…
Multimedia poetry from Orbita 4

November 2011
Orbita, Semyon Khanin, Sergej Timofejev
Neither tomorrow nor todayPoem by Semyon Khanin. Video by Edmunds Jansons. When we run out of jazzPoem by Sergei Timofeyev. Video by Artur Punte and Sergei Timofeyev.