George Messo

George Messo is a poet, translator, and editor. His books include From the Pine Observatory (2000), Entrances (2006), and Hearing Still (2009). He has written two books in Turkish: Aradaki Ses (The In-between Voice, 2005) and Avrupa'nın Küçük Tanrıları (The Little Gods of Europe, 2007). His translations include İlhan Berk's A Leaf about to Fall: Selected Poems (Salt, 2006) which was shortlisted for the Popescu European Poetry Translation Prize, Madrigals (Shearsman, 2008), The Book of Things (Salt, 2009), İkinci Yeni: The Turkish Avant-Garde (Shearsman, 2009), From This Bridge: Contemporary Turkish Women Poets (2010) and Birhan Keskin's & Silk & Love & Flame: Selected Poems (2010). He is a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society and the former editor of Near East Review.