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Soviet-born poet, translator, academic, and literary critic known for Dancing in Odessa and other works. He was a recipient of both the Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Whiting Writers' Award.He became mostly deaf at age four.He and Dana Gioia both lived in California at various points during their literary careers.
BEFORE FAMEHe received a B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of California's Hastings College of Law.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married Katie Farris, an American author and academic.
FUN FACTSPoet Ilya Kaminsky were born on Monday, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Snake, it is 97 days until Ilya Kaminsky next birthday.
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Jan. 12 1990
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