Ilya Shambat
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Vienna, VA, United States |
| Introduction | I came to USA from Soviet Union at age 12, and at age 18 finished University of Virginia. In my adult life I worked in software industry, traveled around America, studied different conceptual systems, translated a large body of Russian poetry, worked and volunteered in a variety of capacities, published a poetry book called Poems to Julia and wrote significant amounts of essays and poetry on different themes. In October 2006 I moved to Australia to marry Melanie Coutts, and on July 25, 2007, Melanie gave birth to an amazing little girl named Lillian Shambat. My poetry can be seen at https://sites.google.com/view/ilyashambatpoetry/. My translations of Russian poetry and songs can be seen at https://sites.google.com/view/ibshambattranslations. My essays on various subjects are at https://sites.google.com/site/ilyashambatthought. I hope you enjoy my work. |
| Interests | Poetry, psychology, philosophy, society, relationships, politics, economics, education, higher mathematics, computers. |
| Favorite movies | Swept by the Sea, Dangerous Beauty, The English Patient, Chinatown, The Cruel Romance, Thin Red Line |
| Favorite music | Moody Blues, John Mellencamp, Persephone's Bees, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam |
| Favorite books | Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Dumas |