Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen, born in 1977
Chairman of the leading poetic society of the young generation of Finaland Nihil Interit. Its new collection “Place of Woman” was nominated to the “Best Poetic Book 2006 Award” for the continuation and brave novelty in female poetry. Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen is a descendant of the famous Calevala epic singer Mateli Kuivalatar in the seventh generation. She performs in the group of poetic improvisation Muuntaja. Ville Hytönen, born in 1982.
Owner and Director of the Publishing House Savukeidas, one of the main publishers of new poetry in Finland. Politician in the sphere of culture, representative of the Green Party in the Council in Culture of the city of Turku. His sensational collection “Death in Europe” is dedicated to traditions of European identity and culture as well as those abysses which divide them. Ville-Juhani Sutinen, born in 1980.
He is famous with the collection “Abilities of a Sign Person” (2005). Literary critic, who works in the frames of philosophical literary theories. He translated radical philosophers into Finnish, including Mikhail Bakunin and Noam Chomsky. Tapani Kinnunen, born in 1962.
Beatnik, punk poet, he made six collections. In the life he is librarian. He has publications in England and Estonia, including the joint collection “Hard Core” (2006) with Angela Readman. Juha Kulmala, born in 1962.
Artist, poet. His recent collection “What Do You Wait For?” was awarded with several premia. He writes also opera librettos. Bella Gussarova, born in 1970.
Poet. She has three books of poems: “Mimo” (2001), “Leaving the City” (2003), “Bitch-Love” (2004). She was published in various collections of poetry and anthologies. Student of the poetry festival “Young Petersburg-2000”. Participant of the 24th All-Russia conference of young writers of the North-West. Participant of tournaments “Russian Slam” in Petersburg and Moscow. She translates Italian poets (Sergio Rotino, Marco Jiovenale) in the frames of the VIDEOPOESIA project. Valery Zemskikh, born in 1947.
He has seven books of poetry. The recent one, “Tail of Snake”, in 2006.
His poems were translate into Czech and Italian. Mikhail Kuzmin, born in 1949.
Poet, journalist, art critic. He published about ten books in Samizdat in 1980s. For 15 years he has been curator in the club of Leningrad cartoonists. In the Smena Newspaper he was responsible for the literary column “Tik-Tak”. His book “House Warmed with Utopia” was published in 1998. His poems were translated into English, French, German, Polish, Lithuanian and Finnish. Art columnist of the weekly Petersburg Chas Pik.
Arsen Mirzaev, born in 1960.
Author of 11 collections of poetry. His poems were translated into English, French, Italian, Polish, Czech and Chuvashian. Laureat of Moscow festivals of free poetry (1992 and 1994), of the InternationalAward named for David Burliuk (2006) and the Avanmart Parni Award (Simbirsk-Cheboksary, 2006). Chairman of the St. Petersburg Organization of the International Federation of Russian writers.
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