Sasha Filipenko Author

Sasha Filipenko was born in Minsk. After abandoning his classical music training, he studied literature and worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A passionate football fan, he lives with his family in St. Petersburg. Brian James Baer is Professor of Russian and Translation Studies at Kent State University and Leading Researcher at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He is author of Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature and founding editor of the journal Translation and Interpreting Studies. His translations include Juri Lotman’s Unpredictable Workings of Culture and Russian Short Stories in the Penguin Parallel Texts. After completing her MA in Russian Translation in 2017, Ellen Vayner translated short stories, magazine interviews, and a conceptual artistic project. Sacred Darkness (Europa, 2019) was her first work for a major publishing house. Ellen lives in Shaker Heights with her husband and an Airedale Terrier.