Regina Derieva (1949 - )

Regina Derieva was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1949. She is the author of twenty books of poems, prose and essays.

From 1965 until 1991 she lived and worked in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. She graduated from university with majors in music and Russian philology and literature. A poet since the age of 15, she published books which were heavily censured by the then Soviet authorities, but nonetheless (at the request of other writers) became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. In 1990 she was baptised into the Roman Catholic Church, and following further censure and oppression from the authorities, she emigrated to Israel with her family.

Life was no easier in Israel for a declared Christian, and Regina and her family, deprived of Israeli citizenship, became virtual prisoners without official papers, unable to live an independent life or to leave the country. The family were cared for by religious institutions, whilst Regina's husband Alexander set about making the series of recordings on which the Pilgrim's Star label is based.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

Cross Currents, Fall 2000, Vol. 50, No. 3
	It Was Not Necessary To Study
	To Fr. Armando
Cross Currents, Spring 2002 Vol.52 No.1
	From The Last Island: To Lady Elisabeth Verreet
Inland Sea and Other Poems (The Divine Art, South Shields 1999)
	A Poem	2 Comments
Modern Poetry in Translation, No.20
	Beyond Siberia Again Siberia
	On The Sea-Shore, Smell Of Iodine
	Theory Of Recruiting
Regina Derieva - The Last Island, The Divine Art, South Shields
	All My Life
The Last Island, Stockholm, Hylaea
	I Don't Feel At Home Where I Am