Gleb Shulpyakov graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in journalism, and lives in Moscow. His first poetry collection The Flick (2001) was awarded the prestigious Triumph Prize. The poetry collection A Fireproof Box (Canarium Books, 2011) translated into English by Christopher Mattison, was shortlisted for the 2012 Best Translated Book Award. The English translation of Letters to Yakub (2012) was published in 2014 (Canarium Books). He is currently working on the collection Poems on a Typewriter. 格列勃. 舒爾比亞科夫, 生於1971 年, 畢業於莫斯科國立大學新聞學系, 現居莫斯科。他的第一部詩集《彈指》(2001) 獲得「勝利詩歌獎」。他已把泰德.休斯、羅拔.哈斯的詩,以及威斯坦.休.奧登的散文翻譯成俄文。他的第二本詩集《橡實》出版於2007 年,詩集《防火箱》入選2012 年「最佳翻譯書籍獎」候選名單。他最近出版的詩集是《給雅庫布的信》(2012,英譯版2014),目前正在寫下一本詩集《打字機上的詩》。