About the Author

Eugene Ostashevsky is a master teacher of the humanities in the General Studies program at New York University. In 2003 he won the Wytter Bynner Foundation Translation Prize. Matvei Yankelevich is a doctoral student in comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the editor of the Eastern European Poets Series for Ugly Duckling Presse, where he also co-edits 6X6 magazine.

Reviews

"Oberiu is as relevant today as ever." --BookForum

"For anyone intersted in Soviet literature, this book fills an enormous gap. It also presents some beautiful, heartbreaking poetry." --Publishers Weekly

"The work of Oberiu is as relevant to our moment as when it was written." --The Believer