Lesley Saunders Author, Translator & Editor

Lesley Saunders is the author of several poetry collections, most recently 'Nominy-Dominy' (Two Rivers Press, 2018) and, with Philip Gross, 'A Part of the Main' (Mulfran Press, 2018). Her English translations – including the poem that won the 2016 Stephen Spender award – of renowned Portuguese poet Maria Teresa Horta were published as 'Point of Honour' (also Two Rivers Press, 2019). Lesley works on collaborative projects with visual artists, sculptors, musicians, photographers and dancers as well as other poets. Otherwise, she is a visiting professor at UCL Institute of Education, London, and an honorary research fellow at Oxford University Department of Education.