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Grigory Krouchkov is a wonderful poet and translator, a leading expert in English poetry; among his translations are works by Shakespeare and John Donne, John Keats and Alfred Tennyson, Edgar Poe and Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, Robert... Frost and William Yeats... Krouchkov is also known as an author of children's books, both translated and original, playful, cheerful, full of humor and amusing absurdities. "Reading such poems is a pleasure. Because in them, talent, wit, and a subtle ability to say a lot in just a few words 'echo'", noted Mikhail Yasnov about the author. The works of Grigory Krouchkov have been awarded prestigious literary awards, including the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Prize, which the author received "for the energy of the poetic word, capable of comprehending the universe of Shakespeare and making the world of English-language lyric poetry a treasure of Russian poetic essence..." In addition to children's books, translations, and literary studies, Grigory Krouchkov's creative output includes nine poetry collections. This edition publishes selected poems written by the author at different times, which mark the key milestones of his poetic journey.