Semyon Khanin

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 electrician what came over me I gestured at outletscozied up to the circuit box, held the meter close no one is buying it here's my license, look, my ce...
Multimedia poetry from Orbita 4

November 2011
Orbita, Semyon Khanin, Sergej Timofejev

Neither tomorrow nor today Poem by Semyon Khanin. Video by Edmunds Jansons. When we run out of jazz Poem by Sergei Timofeyev. Video by Artur Punte and Sergei Timofeyev.