After Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin: 1911-2003

After Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin was named Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation (Winter 2011) Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (1911-2003) is now recognised as a leading literary figure in Russia, though he is still relatively unknown in the west. In his own country, he was for many years known primarily as a translator, with only close friends able to read his poems. These friends included the gr...