Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) was the greatest Portuguese poet of the last century, and remains a key European writer. Colin Bramwell grew up on the Black Isle and lives in Edinburgh. He studied literature at Edinburgh, McGill, Oxford and St Andrews. His poetry has appeared in Poetry Review, Irish Pages, The London Magazine, PN Review, Magma, The Rialto, New Writing Scotland, Interpret, Poetry Scotland and The Scotsman. Colin's first as-yet unpublished poetry collection was shortlisted for the 2020 Edwin Morgan Prize; his translations of the Taiwanese poet Yang Mu won the 2018 John Dryden Translation Competition; his translation of Ko-Hua Chen's Decapitated Poetry was shortlisted for the 2024 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. His most recent book is Aonghas Macneacail's beyond (co-edited with Gerda Stevenson, Shearsman 2024). Colin is a member of the Southbank New Poets Collective, and holds a doctorate in creative writing from St Andrews.
