Alexej Khairetdinov, born in Moscow in 1965. Poet and translator. His poems have appeared in Russkaya Mysl' and Deti Ra. Translations from Swedish have been published in Ett drömseminarium - vänbok till Tomas Tranströmer (2002) and in Översätt inte ett ett levande språk till ett dött: Gunnar Ekelöf på sju språk (2005). He now lives in Berlin and works as a translator specializing in literature and medicine.