Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.15) Poetry and the State Andy Croft Anja Konig

Anja Konig

Sean McMahon

with COMPAS

She has edited two anthologies of fiction for Iron Press: Iron Women: New Stories by Women (1990) and Biting Back: New Fiction from the North (2001)

“Disarming poetry

Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.15) Poetry and the State Andy Croft Anja KonigPoetry matters, and it matters that poetry should be translated and move freely across the frontiers of time and space. These are the premises on which we edit and poets and translators from all over the world contribute to MPT. But we want the next issue to prove a truth we hold to be self evident: that poetry is necessary for a humane life. Some states encourage their poets, others ignore them, others imprison and murder them. We want to document