Erica Heskerth

ERICA HESKETH is a poet and editor, originally from Japan and Denmark and now based in London. Her poetry has been commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall, Spread the Word and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been longlisted for the National Poetry Competition, and highly commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry. From 2016 to 2024 she was the Director of the Poetry Translation Centre. She is the author of In the Lily Room (poetry), and editor of Living in Language: International reflections for the practising poet (essays).