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Born in 1957, Sarah Maguire has published three previous collections of poetry, Spilt Milk, The Invisible Mender and The Florist's at Midnight, as well as the anthology Flora Poetica- the Chatto Book of Botanical Verse. She is the founder and director of the Poetry Translation Centre at SOAS, and was co-translator with Yama Yari of Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi's A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear (Chatto, 2006). She is also Founder of the Poetry Translation Centre, responsible for introducing a wide range of international poets into English. Sarah Maguire has lived all her life in west London.
[Maguire] writes dark, erotic, complex and lyrical poems which are so richly layered you can almost taste them -- Maura Dooley, editor of Making for Planet Alice: New Women Poets Her poems are both voluptuous and concise, maintaining a perfect balance between scientifically exact observation and a world of marvels -- Peter Parker * Daily Telegraph * There is so much to love in the wonderful poetry of Sarah Maguire -- Carol Shields An original and exciting voice -- John Burnside * Scotsman * She offers precise glimpses of the English countryside, with cool observations of war-torn landscapes and political unrest * Independent, Christmas books special *
