Nikola Madzirov and Peggy Reid: from the launch of MPT 'The Constellation'

NIKOLA MADZIROV Nikola Madzirov is a Macedonian poet, essayist, translator and editor. His poetry has been translated into over 30 languages. He won the European Hubert Burda Prize for young East European poets for his collection Relocated Stone (2007). A selection of his poetry, Remnants of Another Age, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2013. PEGGY REID Graham and Peggy Reid have translated and co-translated many and various texts, including history, novels, plays, film scripts and poetry. In 1973 they won the Struga Poetry Festival Translation Prize, and later participated in the few but very productive Struga International Translation Workshops. Both have honorary titles from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University and both have been awarded an MBE for services to literature and language in Macedonia. Their translations of Nikola Madzirov appear in his collection Remnants of Another Age (Bloodaxe, 2013).