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Martin Bennett was born in Birmingham, England, in 1952. He read English at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge. For eight years he lived in Ghana and Nigeria, followed by a period in working in the Middle East. He now lives in Rome, where he teaches and proof-reads at the University of Tor Vergata.

Martin has published two books: West African Trickster Tales (Stories) (Oxford University Press, 1994) and Loose Watches (Poems) (University of Salzburg Press, 1997.)

Martin’s short stories have been broadcast on the BBC World Service as well as on Radio Plateau, Jos, Nigeria. They have also been published in Descant, West Africa, Wasafiri, Passport and Missouri Review.

His poems have appeared in BABEL, Stand, Poetry Ireland, West Africa, Other Poetry, Descant, Dalhousie Review, World Literature Written in English, Antigonish Review, Poetry Wales, Acumen, New Welsh Review, Lines Review and Wasafiri.

Martin is a contributor to North Yorkshire One Nine Nine, a celebration of Yorkshire through photographs and poetry, which is due for publication November 2006 (orderable on line from
Electraglade Publications).

His translations have featured in Modern Poetry in Translation, Arion, Stand, Chattahoochee Review and Poetry London.

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