Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was born in Hamburg. He lived from 1830 in at first voluntary then more or less enforced exile in Paris. A historian of ideas as well as an astute political and social observer, Heine described himself as ‘an escaped Romantic’. His supposedly ‘radical’ works were banned in his homeland and a warrant for his arrest was issued in 1844. Heine’s translator W. D. Jackson lives in Munich. His two most recent books, Opus 1 and Opus 3 (both Shoestring Press), are parts of his work-in-progress, Then and Now, on the subject of the individual and his or her place in history. All of his books include quotations in the form of translation – from mainly German but also French and Italian poets. Opus 3 was one of Frederic Raphael’s TLS Books of the Year (2019). Opus 2 is approaching completion.

Heinrich Heine's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises two contributions of poetry, over a period of three years.