Jean Cassou wrote the thirty-three sonnets which Aragon admired so much and which form the first part of this collection in a Vichy prison between December 1941 and February 1942, in the dark, half a sonnet per night, committed to memory and only written down when a few days before his provisional release he was allowed some books, a pencil and some sheets of paper. Through his fine and thoughtful translation of these sonnets and a selection of Cassou's later poems, Timothy Ades gives us the opportunity of discovering an unfamiliar - and now historical - poetic voice.

Arjen Duinker is one of Holland's highly respected poets with over ten collections to his name, and an array of prizes including the prestigious Jan Campert Prize in 2001. This is a collection of laughter, exuberance, tenderness and the poet's humanity.

Brings the work of Luxembourg's best-known poet to the attention of the English-speaking literary world. This title includes poems pulse with anger, anger directed at the poet herself and her personal circumstances, and also at life, the world and God.

Ljubljana is Meta Kuesar's city, where she has lived, wandered, thought, written and loved. When she travels, it is to Ljubljana that she returns & this city, her constant home, has become her muse. Each poem in this book opens a door onto a different aspect of Ljubljana, & onto a different aspect of the world & life itself."

Armenia's most significant contemporary poet, Razmik Davoyan is one of a handful of names in Armenian literature which define not only an era, but go much further to embody an entire history. Davoyan's work reflects the experiences of an old nation, yet it is fresh and very personal at the same time. It is impossible not to feel the struggles, hopes and aspirations of his native land in his work.