A Reading and Conversation with Ilya Kaminsky, Valzhyna Mort, and Nikola Madzirov

Past Fellows Event

St. Cloud State University’s Department of English and Creative Writing program is partnering with area institutions to welcome three renowned poets to campus in September.

SCSU will host “A Reading and Conversation” from 5-8 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the Miller Center Auditorium, featuring poets Ilya Kaminsky, Valzhyna Mort and Nikola Madzirov. The event is a partnership between SCSU, the Literary Arts Institute of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, and Central Lakes College‘s Verse Like Water poetry series.

The Minnesota State Arts Board and other grants are assisting in making the event possible, which is a free event that is open to the public.


Miller Center auditorium, 400 6th St S St. Cloud, MN 56301
Discipline: Literature – poetry

Nikola Madzirov

Discipline: Literature – poetry
Region: Strumica, MACEDONIA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2023
Discipline: Literature – poetry, Literature – translation

Ilya Kaminsky

Discipline: Literature – poetry, Literature – translation
Region: La Mesa, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2009, 2016