This landmark book brings together, for the first time in English, translations of the poems of Maria Teresa Horta. It contains selections from each of her 21 volumes of poetry published over a writing career that spans six decades. The book opens with a critical essay by leading scholar in comparative literature, Ana Raquel Fernandes, which - together with the translations by poet Lesley Saunders - enables an English readership to acquire a sense of the formal, emotional and intellectual power and significance of this poet's work. The book also serves to underline the importance of sustaining cultural connections between the UK and Europe.