Vasko Popa (1922–1991) was born in the Banat district of Yugoslavia. During World War II he fought with a partisan group; afterwards he studied in Vienna and Bucharest before completing his education at the University of Belgrade. He was elected to the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972 and ... read more

Ted Hughes (1930–1998) was Britain’s most celebrated poet. He was also a notable critical writer, especially on poets like Vasko Popa and János Pilinszky who were close to his spirit. With Daniel Weissbort he founded the magazine Modern Poetry in Translation in 1965; he was director of the first Poetry International ... read more