Patrick Crotty is emeritus Professor of Irish and Scottish Literature at the University of Aberdeen. He has published widely on Irish, Scottish, welsh and American poetry, has been a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement since 1992. His verse translations have featured in many books and periodicals. He edited Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology (1995) and The Penguin Book of Irrish Poetry (2010). He has also edited the firt volume (1908 - 1930) of the annotated Complete Collected Poems of Hugh MacDiarmid.



