We are saddened to hear the news that Clive Wilmer, poet, editor, critic, and academic, died on Thursday 13th March in Cambridge, aged 80. He was the author of nine books of poetry, a prolific translator of Hungarian poetry, presenter of BBC Radio 3's Poet of the Month series from 1989-91, and lecturer at various universities around the world.

Wilmer's New and Collected Poems was published by Carcanet in 2012, including work from his two previous Carcanet collections. Of Wilmer's work, poet Thom Gunn commented that 'A great talent may come from the bringing together of a need with powers that would not seem likely to answer it. I think this may be so with Clive'€™s work, much of which originates from a vague spiritual hunger but which he is forced to realize through an imagination at once precise and rich: the result is his superb poetry.'

His passing is a great loss to his students, family, and the wider literary community. A comprehensive obituary has been shared by Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.