Bart Van der Straeten
(Belgium, 1979)
In 2014 Bart Van der Straeten made his poetry debut with the publication of … |
Charlotte Van den Broeck
(Belgium, 1991)
Charlotte Van den Broeck won her poetical spurs in a similar way to Maud Vanhauwaert, … |
Tom Van de Voorde
(Belgium, 1974)
Tom Van de Voorde was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1974. He is a writer, curator of … |
Ruby Robinson
(United Kingdom, 1985)
Ruby Robinson’s debut collection, Every Little Sound (Pavilion Press, … |
Melissa Lee-Houghton
(United Kingdom, 1982)
Melissa Lee-Houghton is at the forefront of a new strand of confessional poetry in the … |
Jack Underwood
(United Kingdom, 1984)
Jack Underwood is a regular participant in the London poetry community, and lectures in … |
Miri Ben Simhon
(France, 1950–1996)
Miri Ben Simhon’s poetry faces Mizrahi women’s lives in Israel straight … |
Erik Lindner
(The Netherlands, 1968)
Erik Lindner made his début in 1996 with Tramontane, a collection of … |
Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin
(Ireland, 1958)
Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin is a teacher, poet, filmmaker and visual … |
CAConrad
(USA, 1966)
CAConrad grew up in Pennsylvania, where he helped to support his single mother during … |
Adrian Matejka
(Germany, 1971)
Adrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg, Germany and grew up in California and Indiana. He … |
Takako Arai
(Japan, 1966)
Arai Takako was born in 1966 in Kiryū, a city in central Japan known for textile … |
Jan Baeke
(The Netherlands, 1956)
Besides being a poet and translator, Jan Baeke is one of the programmers of the … |
Zaffar Kunial
(United Kingdom, 1975)
Zaffar Kunial is a Hebden Bridge-based poet whose impact on the UK scene belies a small … |
Malika Booker
(United Kingdom, 1970)
Malika Booker is a British poet, performer and playwright of Grenadian and Guyanese … |
Ifor ap Glyn
(United Kingdom, 1961)
Born in 1961, Ifor ap Glyn is a poet, playwright, historian, producer and current … |
Tahel Frosh
(Israel, 1977)
Tahel Frosh has achieved local media notoriety by writing poems about all too common … |
Na Ye
(China, 1964)
Na Ye 娜夜 is an ethnic Manchu poet in China. While her family was originally from … |
Kawa Niangji ལགས་ཀྱི་ཟིན་བྲིས།
(China, 1989–2015)
Kawa Niangji 卡瓦娘吉 is the pen name for Niangjiben ལགས་ཀྱི་ཟིན་བྲིས།, a Tibetan poet and … |
Song Lin
(China, 1959)
Song Lin 宋琳 was born in Fujian, graduated from East China Normal University in 1983. He … |
Bernadette Mayer
(United States, 1945)
An avant-garde writer associated with the New York School of poets, Bernadette Mayer … |
Carl Phillips
(United States, 1959)
Referred to as “one of America’s most original, influential, and … |
Sharon Olds
(USA, 1942)
Sharon Olds is one of contemporary poetry’s leading voices. She is known for … |
Raúl Zurita
(Chile, 1950)
On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet deposed Chile’s democratically … |
Ann Vickery
(Australia, 1968)
In Ann Vickery’s Devious Intimacy, the intimacy she explores is not only … |
Andrej Sen-Senkov
(Russian Federation, 1968)
Andrei Sen-Senkov (Andrei Senkov, Kansay) went to medical school in Dushanbe, … |
Laura Accerboni
(Italy, 1985)
Laura Accerboni is an observer. Her work is known to be as cool as it is lucid: she … |
Lisa Robertson
(Canada, 1961)
Lisa Robertson was born in Toronto, has been a long-time resident of Vancouver, spent … |
Abdel-ilah Salhi
(Morocco, 1968)
Abdel-ilah Salhi was born in 1968 in Beni Mellal, Morocco, but spent most of his … |
Luis Chaves
(Costa Rica, 1969)
Luis Chaves is considered one of the leading figures in contemporary Costa Rican poetry … |
Aase Berg
(Sweden, 1967)
Aase Berg grew up in the suburb of Tensta outside of Stockholm. In the mid eighties, … |
Esther Kinsky
(Germany, 1956)
Esther Kinsky was born in Engelskirchen. A year after her birth, however, her family … |
Barbara Pogačnik
(Slovenia, 1973)
Barbara Pogačnik is a poet, translator and literary critic. Ze has a degree in Romance … |
Sonja vom Brocke
(Germany, 1980)
Sonja vom Brocke works as if the subject matter she addresses determines the shape of … |
Ruth Lasters
(Belgium, 1979)
She connects a football game to the way our brain works, and flashing neon lights … |
Sinéad Morrissey
(Ireland, 1972)
Historically attuned and touchingly personal, imaginatively wide-ranging and … |
Jeet Thayil
(India, 1959)
Jeet Thayil was nearly born in the middle of the Muhattapuzha River. The current has … |
Sergio Raimondi
(Argentina, 1968)
Sergio Raimondi (1968) is a poet, academic and cultural organiser from the city of … |
Norddine Zouitni
(Morocco, 1958)
Norddine Zouitni is a Moroccan poet, translator and researcher in literature and … |
Abdelilah Mouissi
(Morocco, 1964)
Abdelilah Mouissi is a Moroccan poet, novelist and researcher. He is on the board of … |
Ouidad Benmoussa
(Morocco, 1969)
As a poet, Ouidad Benmoussa is currently on the executive board of the Union of … |
Răzvan Ţupa
(Romania, 1975)
Among the most important Romanian literary figures who began publishing after 2000, a … |
Roberto Amato
(Italy, 1953)
Roberto Amato was born in Viareggio where he lives and works. He is considered among … |
Monica Martinelli
(Italy, 1966)
Monica Martinelli was born in Rome, where she still lives while working in the … |
Silvia Bre
(Italy, 1953)
Silvia Bre was born in Bergamo and has lived in Rome for many years. She is known as a … |
Aldo Nove
(Italy, 1967)
Aldo Nove (pseudonym of Antonello Centanin) was born in Viggiù (Varese), and he … |
Valeria Tentoni
(Argentina, 1985)
Valeria Tentoni, born in Bahía Blanca, 1985, is a writer and journalist. |
Washington Cucurto
(Argentina, 1973)
Washington Cucurto has invented a new literary form. He calls it realismo … |
Noam Partom
(Israel, 1986)
Poet, translator and performance artist Noam Partom is a graduate of Tel Aviv … |
Jacob Polley
(United Kingdom, 1975)
‘The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible’. This … |
Emily Berry
(United Kingdom, 1981)
Emily Berry was born in 1981 and, other than time at university in Leeds, is … |
Ciaran Carson
(Northern Ireland, 1948)
Ciaran Carson was born and grew up in Belfast, where Irish was the first language of … |
Ioan Es. Pop
(Romania, 1958)
Ioan Es. Pop was originally a teacher in Ieud, a village in the county of … |
Claudiu Komartin
(Romania, 1983)
Claudiu Komartin was born in Bucharest. His first book, Păpușarul și alte … |
Ruxandra Cesereanu
(Romania, 1963)
Ruxandra Cesereanu is one of the most important contemporary Romanian writers. She was … |
O. Nimigean
(Romania, 1962)
O. Nimigean was born on 19 July 1962. He graduated from the Alexandru I. Cuza … |
Dan Coman
(Romania, 1975)
Dan Coman was born on 27 July 1975 in Gersa. His first collection of poetry … |
Maarten van der Graaff
(Netherlands, 1987)
Maarten van der Graaff’s debut book Vluchtautogedichten (Getawaycarpoems, … |
Vrouwkje Tuinman
(Netherlands, 1974)
If there’s one word that defines the poetry and prose of Vrouwkje Tuinman, it … |
Ellen Deckwitz
(Netherlands, 1982)
She was convincingly crowned national slam champion in 2009; then two years later she … |
Tsead Bruinja
(The Netherlands, 1974)
Tsead Bruinja is a poet unafraid of delving into the alternative, the small and the … |
Frank Lima
(USA, 1939–2013)
Born in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, poet Frank Lima earned an MFA from … |
Adi Assis
(Israel, 1967)
Adi Assis, a poet of both social parody and personal pain, earns his living as a … |
Alex Ben-Ari
(USSR, 1973)
Alex Ben-Ari began writing poetry as a teenager and was first published after his army … |
Mona Arshi
(United Kingdom, 1970)
Mona Arshi began writing poetry in 2008, after working as a human rights lawyer for … |
Andrew McMillan
(United Kingdom, 1988)
Andrew McMillan is one of a brilliant generation of young British poets in their … |
Robert Lax
(United States, 1915–2000)
Robert Lax was born in Olean, New York, and spent the latter half of his life living on … |
Jessica Greenbaum
(United States, 1957)
Jessica Greenbaum is a poet, essayist, and teacher, as well as the author of two books: … |
Ed Roberson
(United States, 1939)
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and educated at the University of … |
Serge Delaive
(Belgium, 1965)
Serge Delaive is a poet, novelist and photographer. Born in Liège, as the … |
Srijato
(India, 1975)
Srijato began writing at an early age. His first book of poems was published when he … |
Geet Chaturvedi
(India, 1977)
Geet Chaturvedi is a critically acclaimed Hindi poet and novelist based in Bhopal, … |
Ravi Shankar
(USA, 1975)
Ravi Shankar is a poet, translator and professor of poetry, based in Connecticut, … |
Savithri Rajeevan
(India, 1956)
Savithri Rajeevan is a noted Malayalam poet and short fiction writer, based in … |
Maud Vanhauwaert
(Belgium, 1984)
Maud Vanhauwaert is a poet, writer, performer and drama teacher at the Royal … |