Innokentij Annenskij (1855-1909), poet, literary critic, and translator, stood "between worlds," as one of his poems is titled. His comet burned out far too early on the horizon of the waning symbolism in Russia at the turn of the century. This bilingual edition, which selects from his entire body of work, focuses on the groundbreaking poetry collection The Cypress Box, published posthumously in 1910. This collection resonated with Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilyov, Boris Pasternak, and even contemporary poets like Gennady Aygi and Nikolai Kononov. The previously untranslated "Triptychs" included invite readers to discover a poet whose extraordinary work has entered the realm of world poetry.