Regina Derieva (b. 1949) is an acclaimed Russian poet and writer. She has published twenty books of poetry, essays, and prose, and her work has been translated into many languages, including English, French, Swedish, Chinese, Italian, and Arabic. Derieva's poems have appeared in Poetry, Quadrant, Modern Poetry in Translation, Salt, Cross Currents, Poetry East, St. Petrsburg Review, Ars Interpres, Notre Dame Review, as well as in many Russian magazines. She has translated poetry by contemporary American, Australian, British, Swedish, and Polish poets. In 2003, Derieva has been awarded the Shannon Fellowship of the International Thomas Merton Society. Regina Derieva currently lives in Sweden.