Polina Cosgrave was born in Volgograd, Russia, where she earned a degree in Linguistics. Her work in Russian was featured on Echo of Moscow radio station, Russia-K channel and the website Polutona. She moved to Dublin in 2016 to study literature and got her MFA in American College Dublin, where she was also rewarded The Board of Trustees medal. Her poetry in English has appeared in The IrishTimes, Arena on RTÉ Radio 1 and in Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets (Dedalus Press, 2019). Polina has taken part in Bray Literary Festival, Arts in Action NUI Galway and Mother Tongues Festival. She lives in Arklow, Co. Wicklow with her family.
