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(1949-2013)

 

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Books of Poetry

Handwriting (Russian). Alma-Ata: Zhazuchy, 1978.
Life Junction (Russian). Alma-Ata: Zhazuchy, 1980.
The First Sledge Road of Winter (Russian). Alma-Ata: Zhazuchy, 1985.
Two Skies (Russian). Alma-Ata: Zhazuchy, 1990.
Absence (Russian). Tenafly, NJ: Hermitage, 1993.
Prayer of the Day (Russian). Jerusalem: Radost' Voskresenia 
Publishers, 1994.
The Last War (Sound book). © 1998 by Holyland Records Ltd. CD
De profundis (in Russian). Jerusalem: Magnificat Institute, 1998.
Via Crucis (in English, Italian, and Russian). Jerusalem: Magnificat 
Institute, 1998.
Inland Sea and Other Poems. South Shields, UK: The Divine Art, 1998.
Winter Lectures for Terrorists (Russian). London: Horse Books, 1998.
I nuovi fioretti di S. Francesco (in Italian and Arabic). East Jerusalem: Artistic Press, 1998.
The Pilgrim's Star. South Shields, UK: The Divine Art, 1999.
L'Etoile du Pelerin. South Shields, UK: The Divine Art, 1999.
Instructions for Silence (in French, English, and Russian). Jerusalem:
Abbaye de Latroun, 1999.
In Commemoration of Monuments (in English and Russian). 
East Jerusalem: Art Printing Press, 1999.
Fugitive Space (Russian). Stockholm: Hylaea, 2001.
The Last Island (in English and Russian). Stockholm: Hylaea, 2002.
Himmelens Geometri. Skelleftea, Sweden: Norma-Artos, 2003.
A Collection of Roads: Selected Poems (Russian). St. Petersburg: 
Aletheia, 2005.
Alien Matter. New York: Spuyten Duyvil, 2005.
Allt som tolv kejsare inte hunnit säga (in Swedish and English). 
Stockholm: Ars Interpres Publications, 2006.
Oavbrutet svarta bilder. Göteborg: Carl Forsbergs bokförlag, 2007.
The sum total of violations UK: Arc Publications, 2009.
Corinthian Copper. Grosse Pointe Farms, MI: Marick Press, 2010.
• Chleb i Sól. Pozna?: Flos Carmeli, 2015.
• Selected poetry & prose (in 2 volumes ). St. Petersburg: "Zvezda", 2015.
• Den tatuerade Mnemosyne. Stockholm: AIP, 2016.
Speglingar (In Swedish). Bonn: Pamphilus Press, 2020.
Earthly Lexicon (in English), Washington: Marick Press, 2019/2020.
Images in Black, Continuous (in English), Translated by Frederick Smock. 
Boston: M-Graphics Publishing, 2021.
Efter Pictor (In Swedish). Bonn: Pamphilus Press, 2021.
Selected Clouds (In Ukrainian). Odessa: Bondarenko M. O, 2024
Det ändlösa kriget (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Faethon, 2025

Books of Essays

Three Possibilities to See the Kingdom of God. Jerusalem: Alphabet
    Publishers, 1994.
The Meaning of Mystery. Jerusalem: Proche-Orient Chrétien and 
    Modex, 1998.

Books of Prose

In the World of Awful Thoughts (Russian). East Jerusalem: 
  Art Printing Press, 1998.
The World is Full of Fools (Russian). Moscow: Tekst, 2002. 
De yttre tingens ordning. Sentenser, sarkasmer, paradoxer. 
Stockholm: Bokförlaget Faethon, 2020.

Books of Translation into Russian

• Smock, Frederick. Poems. New York: Ars-Interpres, 2002.
• Murray, Les. The End of Symbol. New York and Stockholm: 
   Ars-Interpres, 2004.
• Kinsella, John. The Sky's Imperative. New York and Stockholm: 
   Ars-Interpres, 2004.
• Weissbort, Daniel. The Name's Progress. Stockholm: Ars Interpres
   Publications, 2006.
• Wästberg, Per. Ortsbestämning. Stockholm: Ars Interpres
   Publications, 2008.

Poems and Prose Published in Anthologies

An Hour of Poetry (Russian). Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1975.
Joking Aside! (Russian). Alma-Ata: Zhazuchy, 1989.
An Anthology of Russian Free Verses (Russian). Moscow: Prometei, 1991.
Strophes of the Century: An Anthology of Russian Poetry (Russian). 
  Moscow and Minsk: Polyfact, 1995.
Christus in der russischen Literatur. München: Verlag Otto Sagner
  in Kommission, 1999.
An Anthology of Contemporary Russian Women Poets. Manchester:
  Carcanet Press, 2005.
New European Poets. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2008.
The Poet and His World. Nicosia: En Tipis Publications, 2010.
IOU: New Writing on Money. Concord, MA: Concord Free Press, 2010.
Hamlet. Variations. Through the Pages of Russian Poetry (Russian). 
  Moscow: Tsentr Knigi Rudomino, 2012.
“From Those Who Remember Me”. Tomsk: 2015.
“In Holy Week”. Moscow: Art-Vision, 2021.

Secondary Sources

• Alagova, Tamara. Review of Regina Derieva’s Otsutstvie (Absence). 
  World Literature Today (Spring 1994).
• Kasack, Wolfgang. ”Das Motiv der Kreuzigung Christi in der russischen 
  Literatur.” Ostkirchliche Studien 47 (1998).
• Kilcourse, George A. Review of Regina Derieva’s Inland Sea and Other 
  Poems. The Merton Annual 12 (1999): 229-230.
• Fioretos, Aris. ”Hopp från medelhög höjd.” Review of Regina Derieva’s 
  Himmelens Geometri. Expressen (Stockholm, Sweden), den 3 maj 2003.
• Neuman, Ricki. "’Gud utsätter människor för vad de tål.’" Svenska 
  Dagbladet (Stockholm, Sweden), den 4 juli 2003.
• Andersson, Kjell. ”Med ryggen åt världen.” Review of Regina Derieva’s 
  Himmelens Geometri. Borås Tidning (Borås, Sweden), den 30 november 2003.
• Ringgren, Magnus. ”Sökarens stora ensamhet.” Review of Regina Derieva’s 
  Himmelens Geometri. Kyrkans Tidning (Stockholm, Sweden), 
  den 8-14 januari 2004.
• Chatterjee, Debjani. “Travelling Incognito.” Review of Regina Derieva’s
  Alien Matter. Poetry Review 96, no 1 (2006).
• McConalogue, J. P. “Humanity and Time in the Poetry of Regina Derieva.” 
   Projected Letters, Sunday, February 12, 2006.
• Finch, Annie. “Review of Alien Matter.” The Annie Finch Blog
  Summer 2006.
• Venclova, Tomas. “White on White.” Review of Regina Derieva’s Alien
  Matter. The New Criterion 25 (June 2007).
• Doreski, William. “The Last Island.” Review of Regina Derieva’s Alien 
  Matter. Pembroke Magazine 39 (2007).
* Istomina, Julia. “The Arm of Displacement.” Review of Regina Derieva’s 
  Alien Matter. Salt Magazine 1 (April 2007). Accessed December 22, 2013.
• Küchen, Maria. ”Om Oavbrutet svarta bilder.” Review of Regina Derieva’s
Oavbrutet svarta bilder. Trots allt 3 (2007).
• Persson, Malte. ”Om Oavbrutet svarta bilder.” Review of Regina Derieva’s
Oavbrutet svarta bilder. Ord&Bild 3 and 4 (2007).
• Revie, Ian. Review of The Sum Total Of Violations. The Warwick Review
  3, no.4 (2009).
• Hart, David. “A Mode of Mind.” Review of Regina Derieva’s The Sum Total
  of Violations. Stride Magazine (2009). Accessed December 22, 2013.]
• Bowker, Veronika. Review of The Sum Total Of Violations
  In Other Words (2009).
• Geddes, Susan. Review of The Sum Total Of Violations. The Scotland-
  Russia Forum Review (June 2009).
• Kelly, Catriona. Review of The Sum Total Of Violations. The Times 
  Literary Supplement, October 28, 2009.
• Rayfield, Donald. Review of Corinthian Copper and The Sum Total
  Of Violations. Translation and Literature 22 (2013).

 


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