Misha Feigin

Misha Feigin was born and raised in Moscow He won the Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry in 2000 and was awarded the Al Smith Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction in 2002. His books include a novel, Searching for Irina, a free style travelogue Tribal Diaries, and four books of poetry, The Last Word in Astronomy, Abraham’s Bagel, Skippers in Training, and Cloud Letters, and Anton Chekov- the Ironist 22, short stories by Anton Chekhov translated by misha Feigin. Misha currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky

Misha Feigin is known as one of Russia’s premier guitarists. He released two albums on the the state label, Melodiya. Misha has toured throughout North America and Europe and has released fourteen CDs in US, Germany, and Holland. He has released two CDs in Great Britain on Leo Records. Misha shared a stage and recorded with Elliot Sharp, Steve Beresford, Dave Liebman, and Eugene Chadbourne.