James Sutherland-Smith was born in Scotland in 1948, but lives in Slovakia. He has published seven collections of his own poetry, the most recent being “The River and the Black Cat” published by Shearsman Books in 2018. He has translated a number of Slovak poets, publishing three individual selections in Britain, two in Canada and one in the United States and three Serbian poets with two selections from Miodrag Pavlovic and Ivana Milankov in Britain. His translation of poetry has been awarded the Slovak Hviezdoslav Prize and the Serbian Zlatko Krasni Prize. His most recent translation is from the poetry of Mila Haugová, Eternal Traffic, published in Britain by Arc Publications. His website is http://www.jamessutherland-smith.co.uk