The British poetry contingent will comprise Elaine Feinstein, poet, novelist, playwright and translator; Ruth Padel, poet, novelist, critic, broadcaster, Hellenophile and artistic polymath; Fiona Sampson, poet, writer, founder-director of PoetryFest, founder-editor of Orient Express, former editor of The Poetry Review and current editor of Poem, a quarterly international review; and David Harsent, poet, scriptwriter, novelist and frequent librettist for Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
The reading will also include Elaine’s translations of verses by Nigar Hasan-Zadeh.
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