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Ludmila Khersonska  [ Ukraine ]

Born in Tiraspol, Moldova in 1964, Ludmila Khersonska is an award-winning poet and author of three collections of poetry. Her work has been honored with the Voloshin Prize and translated into several languages, including German and Lithuanian. A professional translator, she has translated the poetry of many authors, including Seamus Heaney, into Russian. In the USA, her poems have appeared in Poetry International, Plume, and other journals. She lives in Odessa, Ukraine.