The Trustees
On this page you’ll find details of our distinguished Patron, the Iraqi poet, Saadi Yousef, and members of our Board of Trustees. The effective functioning of the PTC would be impossible without their support, expertise and advice.
Fiona Sampson, Board Member
The poet and translator, Fiona Sampson, is currently editor of Poetry Review, the leading poetry journal published by the Poetry Society.
The most recent of her fourteen publications are her latest poetry collection, Common Prayer (Carcanet; 2007), which was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Prize; Writing: Self and Reflexivity (with Celia Hunt; Macmillan; 2005); and a selection of essays, On Listening (Salt; 2007). Eight of her books have been translated into various languages, including Patuvachki Dnevnik (Travel Diary), which was awarded the 2003 Zlaten Prsten (Macedonia). Other prizes include writers' awards from the Arts Councils of England and Wales and the Society of Authors; and, in the US, the Literary Review's annual Charles Angoff Award.
Educated at Oxford and Nijmegen, she has a PhD in the philosophy of language and was AHRC Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University in 2002-5. She consults internationally on writing in health care and contributes to The Guardian, The Irish Times and other publications.
Her many translations include the leading Estonian poet, Jaan Kaplinski; an anthology of younger Central European poets; and Orient Express: The Best of Contemporary Writing from Enlargement Europe, of which she is the founding editor.
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Gary McKeone, Chair
Gary McKeone is a native of Derry, Northern Ireland. He began his career working in literature at the South Bank Centre and in theatre with the Field Day Theatre Company. He joined Arts Council England in 1993 and served as Literature Director for ten years until 2006. Currently working in a freelance capacity, he is involved with a number of literature organisations and is Chair of the Poetry Archive.
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