Solomon Ibn Gabirol
(Spain, 1021)
Solomon Ibn Gabirol, one of the greatest liturgical poets of the Middle Ages, was a …
Jorge Gaitán Durán
(Colombia, 1925–1962)
“My work simply affirms that at all times man must be conscious that he will die, which …
Katherine Gallagher
(Australia, 1935)
Katherine Gallagher has published four full-length collections of poetry, a book of …
Patrick Galvin
(Ireland, 1927–2011)
Patrick Galvin was a playwright, songwriter and author of a bestselling series of …
Martín Gambarotta
(Argentina, 1968)
Martín Gambarotta was born in Buenos Aires in 1968. The last Argentinian …
Miriam Gamble
(Belgium, 1980)
Miriam Gamble was born in Brussels in 1980 and grew up in Belfast. She belongs to …
Jérôme Game
(France, 1971)
Born in Paris, Jérôme Game now travels between this city and New York. It …
Antonio Gamoneda
(Spain, 1931)
Antonio Gamoneda was born in Oviedo in Spain in 1931. He has lived in León since …
Sunil Gangopadhyay
(India, 1934)
Sunil Gangopadhyay (born 1934) is a distinguished figure in Bengali literature. A poet …
Gustavo Adolfo Garcés
(Colombia, 1957)
A lawyer with a master’s degree in political studies, Gustavo Adolfo Garcés has been a …
Ángela García
(Colombia, 1957)
Born in Medellín, García read Communication Studies. A co-founder of the International …
Carmen García
(Chile, 1979)
Carmen Garcia, born in Santiago, 1979, is a cultural manager, sociologist and poet. …
Felipe García Quintero
(Colombia, 1973)
In the poetry of Felipe García Quintero there is both verbal and emotional reticence, …
Dawn Garisch
(Zimbabwe, 1958)
Dawn Garisch has had five novels, a collection of poetry, Difficult …
Patrizia Gattaceca
(France, 1957)
Patrizia Gattaceca is a Corsican poet and a singer. She began singing in public when …
Sieger M. Geertsma
(The Netherlands, 1979)
Sieger M. Geertsma performs something between poetry and rap. His poetry is marked by …
Mordechai Geldman
(Germany, 1946)
Mordechai Geldman was born in a displaced persons camp in Munich in 1946 …
Piet Gerbrandy
(Netherlands, 1958)
Even at collection title level, Piet Gerbrandy juxtaposes opposing concepts. A silent …
Eva Gerlach
(The Netherlands, 1948)
After submitting poems to several reviews from 1977 onwards, Gerlach published her …
Guido Gezelle
(Belgium, 1830–1899)
The Bruges-born poet-priest Guido Gezelle is generally considered as one of the masters …
Andrea Gibellini
(Italy, 1965)
Andrea Gibellini (1965) works in a bookshop in his birthplace Sassuolo, where he still …
Jane Gibian
(Australia, 1972)
Sydney poet Jane Gibian’s work offers the fine rich silt and lace of urban dreaming. …
Orit Gidali
(Israel, 1974)
In Orit Gidali’s work, ‘The domestic sphere is the stage on which the drama …
León Gil
(Colombia, 1954)
Born in Venecia, Antioquia, León Gil studied physics at the Universidad de Antioquia …
Gagan Gill
(India, 1959)
Gagan Gill is a critically acclaimed poet with four collections of poetry and a book …
Maurice Gilliams
(Belgium, 1900–1982)
When Maurice Gilliams won the Grand Prize for Literature in 1980, many a newspaper …
Alan Gillis
(Ireland, 1973)
For anyone unfamiliar with the work of Alan Gillis it might be a surprise to discover …
Allen Ginsberg
(USA, 1926–1997)
One of the most respected Beat writers and acclaimed American poets of his generation, …
Luz Mary Giraldo
(Colombia, 1950)
Born in Ibagué, Colombia, Luz Mary Giraldo is a poet, literary critic and university …
Banira Giri
(West Bengal, India, 1946)
Banira Giri was born in Kurseong near Darjeeling in West Bengal. She became the first …
Peter Gizzi
(USA, 1958)
‘Poetry is essentially a threshold experience,’ Peter Gizzi said in an …
Jan Glas
(Netherlands, 1958)
In his poem ‘Veurbie laans Raitdaip’ (Passing Each Other Along the …
John Glenday
(Scotland, 1952)
John Glenday was born in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, in 1952, and lives in …
Édouard Glissant
(Martinique, 1928)
Édouard Glissant was born in Martinique, an Antillian island which the French …
Yael Globerman
(Israel, 1959)
Poet and translator Yael Globerman, who became the new director of the writing program …
Louise Glück
(USA, 1943)
Louise Glück is considered by many to be one of America’s most talented …
Lea Goldberg
(Germany, 1911–1970)
Lea Goldberg was born in Koenigsberg, East Prussia, (today Kaliningrad in Russia), …
Kenneth Goldsmith
(USA, 1961)
Kenneth Goldsmith (1961) started out as an artist, but inspired by various avant-garde …
Giovanny Gómez
(Colombia, 1979)
Giovanny Gómez studied Spanish and Literature at the Universidad …
Eduardo Gómez
(Colombia, 1932)
Eduardo Gómez has published seven books of poems and three essay collections. He …
Ángel González
(Spain, 1925–2008)
Ángel González was born in the city of Oviedo. In 1944 he was diagnosed with …
Yanko González
(Chile, 1971)
Yanko González (Santiago de Chile, 1971) is a poet, professor of Social and …
Lorna Goodison
(Jamaica, 1947)
Lorna Goodison is among the best-known poets of the Caribbean region. She has published …
Haji Gora Haji
(Zanzibar, 1933)
Haji Gora Haji is a poet, a writer and a minstrel whose art remained largely unknown to …
Herman Gorter
(The Netherlands, 1864–1927)
Herman Gorter was a leading member of the Eighties Movement, a highly influential group …
Joy Goswami
(India, 1954)
Joy Goswami is regarded as one of the finest poets in the ‘post-Jibananda Das era’ of …
Chaim Gouri
(Mandatory Palestine, 1923)
Chaim Gouri – poet, writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker – was born in Tel Aviv …
Vasco Graça Moura
(Portugal, 1942)
Born near Oporto but now based in Lisbon, Vasco Graça Moura, who studied and for a …
Michelle Grangaud
(France, 1941)
Michelle Grangaud was born in Alger in 1941 (where the daily experience of the awful …
Robert Gray
(Australia, 1945)
Robert Gray was born in Coffs Harbour, a small town on the north coast of New South …
Stephen Gray
(South Africa, 1941)
Stephen Gray is a giant of the South African literary landscape. One of the country’s …
Michelle Green
(United Kingdom, 1976)
Michelle Green was born in Portsmouth and brought up in Cornwall and Canada. Her poems …
Jessica Greenbaum
(United States, 1957)
Jessica Greenbaum is a poet, essayist, and teacher, as well as the author of two books: …
Tamir Greenberg
(Israel, 1959)
Tamir Greenberg is an architect and serves as head of the architecture and interior …
Lavinia Greenlaw
(United Kingdom, 1962)

Linda Gregerson
(USA, 1950)
Linda Gregerson is the author of several collections of poetry and literary criticism. …
León de Greiff
(Colombia, 1895)
León de Greiff was born in Medellín, Colombia, in 1895. A founder of the influential …
Andrew Greig
(United Kingdom, 1951)
Andrew Greig was born in Bannockburn, Scotland, and grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He was …
Eliza Griswold
(USA, 1973)
Eliza Griswold is a poet and reporter whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, …
Vona Groarke
(Ireland, 1964)
Vona Groarke was born in 1964 in Edgeworthstown in the Irish Midlands, a town already …
Tatjana Gromača
(Croatia, 1971)
Tatjana Gromača (1971) is a poet and fiction writer, and one of the greatest …
Jacob Groot
(The Netherlands, 1947)
Jacob Groot (Venhuizen, 1947) has been publishing poetry, prose and essays since 1970. …
Philip Gross
(England, 1952)
Philip Gross was born in 1952 in Cornwall, and grew up in Plymouth. With a Cornish …
Hagit Grossman
(Israel, 1976)
Hagit Grossman wrote her first poem at age six; it was published in a school newspaper. …
Teji Grover
(India, 1955)
Teji Grover (born 1955) is a Hindi poet, painter, translator and environmental …
Durs Grünbein
(Germany, 1962)
Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grünbein is the most significant and successful poet …
Luuk Gruwez
(Belgium, 1953)
Luuk Gruwez debuted in 1973 at a young age with the collection of poems, …
Gu Cheng
(China, 1956–1993)
Gu Cheng was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist and novelist. He was a prominent …
Joseph Julien Guglielmi
(France, 1929)
Born 1929 in Marseille of Italian parents, at the end of the war Guglielmi discovers …
Karinna Alves Gulias
(Brazil, 1983)
Karinna Gulias studied English and Portuguese at the Federal University of Rio de …
Gulzar
(India, 1936)
Gulzar is a significant presence in the world of Urdu poetry — a fact sometimes …
Guo Jinniu
(China, 1966)
Guo Jinniu, born in Hebei and now living in Shenzhen, was a migrant worker in South …
Zali Gurevitch
(USA, 1949)
Poet and anthropologist Zali Gurevitch answers the figure of a famous Hebrew writer who …
Manuel Gusmão
(Portugal, 1945)
Manuel Gusmão was born in Évora in 1945. A poet, essayist and university lecturer, he …
Lars Gustafsson
(, 1936)
Lars Gustafsson, born in Västerås in 1936, has always been something of an …
Jairo Guzmán
(Colombia, 1961)
Born in Medellin in 1961, Guzmán studied Mathematics at the National University of …
Mafika Pascal Gwala
(South Africa, 1946)
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, outside Durban. The second …
 

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