Maxim Amelin

Maxim Albertovich Amelin (Russian: Максим Альбертович Амелин; born 7 January 1970) is a Russian poet, critic, essayist, editor, and translator.

He studied in the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow from 1991 to 1994, where he worked with Olesya Nikolayeva [ru].

[1] He is married to the poet Anna Zolotaryova [ru][2] and lives in Moscow.

[4][5] He has translated the works of Catullus, Pindar, and Homer, as well as poetry from Georgian, Italian, Ukrainian, and other languages.

Amelin has edited and published the works of several lesser-known Russian writers, including Dmitry Ivanovich, Count Khvostov (1757-1835), Aleksandr Yefimovich Izmaylov (1779-1831), Sergey Yevgenyevich Neldikhen [ru] (1891-1942), Anna Petrovna Bunina (1774-1829), and Vasily Petrovich Petrov [ru] (1736-1799).