Ruth Padel
(United Kingdom, 1947)
“Ruth Padel combines two major gifts. She is a distinguished poet and a quite …
Dan Pagis
(Romania, 1930–1986)
Dan Pagis was born into a German-speaking family in Radauti, Bukovina in Romania (now …
Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão
(Portugal, 1938)
Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão was born in Lisbon in 1938. Not only a poet, she is also a …
Michael Palmer
(USA, 1943)
Michael Palmer was born in New York City and educated at Harvard University, where he …
Rajendra Kishore Panda
(India, 1944)
 Rajendra Kishore Panda (born 1944) is a major poet in Oriya literature. He is the …
Sophia Pandeya
(Pakistan, 1964)
Sophia Pandeya conceives of her poetry as an aerial root, carrying with it the depth …
Pandora
(Burma, 1974)
Pandora is the editor of Tuning: An Anthology of Burmese Women …
Athiná Papadaki
(Greece, 1945)
The private, restricted world indoors versus the great outdoors, is a recurring theme …
Prabodh Parikh
(India, 1945)
Prabodh Parikh is a Gujarati poet, short fiction writer and visual artist. He retired …
Nicanor Parra
(Chile, 1914)
Nicanor Parra Sandoval (born 5 September 1914) is a Chilean poet, mathematician, and …
Sigitas Parulskis
(Lithuania, 1965)
“I cannot state that comparing the Bible to magazines with nude women is so …
Teixeira de Pascoaes
(Portugal, 1877)
A mystic poet who felt profoundly connected to the humblest things and to the brightest …
Gieve Patel
(India, 1940)
Born in 1940, Gieve Patel is an important presence in the history of modern Indian …
Don Paterson
(United Kingdom, 1963)
The Scottish jazz guitarist Don Paterson (Dundee, 1963) ‘got poetry’ watching …
Yannis Patilis
(Greece, 1947)
Yannis Patilis occasionally refers to Greece’s inner discord in the Civil War and under …
Rafael Patiño
(Colombia, 1947)
Rafael Patiño, born in Medellín in 1947, is a poet, painter, translator and an expert …
Chus Pato
(Spain, 1955)
A central figure in contemporary Galician poetry, poet, essayist and political activist …
Titos Patríkios
(Greece, 1928)
Titos Patríkios held on to his ideals after the defeat of the Greek left in the 1940s …
Eugénie Paultre
(France, 1979)
Eugénie Paultre was born in Paris. She studied philosophy and passed …
Vera Pavlova
(USSR, 1963)
Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow. She studied at the Schnittke Academy of Music, sang in …
Miodrag Pavlovic
(Serbia, 1928)
Miodrag Pavlovic was born in Novi Sad. He went to school and university in Belgrade, …
Haviva Pedaya
(Israel)
Haviva Pedaya, a poet and scholar, is an excellent cartographer of the soul. Her two …
Hagar Peeters
(The Netherlands, 1972)
Hagar Peeters had been reading at major Dutch poetry festivals for some years when her …
Hrvoje Pejakovic
(Croatia, 1960–1996)
Hrvoje Pejakovic, the poet and literary critic, was born in 1960 in Zagreb. He attended …
Anne Penders
(Belgium, 1968)
Writer, artist, Ph.D. in art history, Anne Penders is an interdisciplinary artist …
Omar Pérez López
(Cuba, 1964)
Omar Pérez López, poet and translator, was born in Havana. His first …
Robert Perišić
(Croatia, 1969)
Robert Perišić, prominent Croatian poet, writer and journalist, was born in 1969 …
Hugues C. Pernath
(Belgium, 1931–1975)
Hugues C. Pernath is the attractive literary pseudonym of Hugo Wouters, who was born in …
Ester Naomi Perquin
(Netherlands, 1980)
Few Dutch poets have enjoyed such immediate success as Esther Naomi Perquin (1980). …
Paul Perry
(Ireland, 1972)
Paul Perry’s poems often possess a confessional delicacy and apparent simplicity …
Fernando Pessoa
(Portugal, 1888–1935)
It is sometimes said that the four greatest Portuguese poets of modern times are …
Pascale Petit
(France)
Pascale Petit was born in Paris, grew up in France and Wales and lives in London. She …
Nikola Petković
(Croatia, 1962)
Nikola Petković was born in Rijeka on 20 May 1962. He started his elementary …
Sibila Petlevski
(Croatia, 1964)
First published here on PIW, these recent poems from the forthcoming collection …
Walther Petri
(Germany, 1940)
Walther Petri was born in Leipzig and has been living as an independent author in …
György Petri
(Hungary, 1946–2000)

Halyna Petrosanyak
(Ukraine, 1969)
Ukrainian poet and literary translator Halyna Petrosanyak was born in 1969 in a tiny …
Mario Petrucci
(United Kingdom, 1958)
Mario Petrucci is a prolific and powerful poet, known for his themed collections that …
Tom Petsinis
(Australia, 1953)
Tom Petsinis was born in Greek Macedonia and emigrated with his family to Australia …
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
(The Netherlands, 1968)
After reading Classics and a stint of teaching at Leiden University, Ilja Leonard …
Nilmani Phookan
(India, 1933)
Nilmani Phookan is considered Assam’s most distinguished living poet. Born in the …
H.J. Pieterse
(South Africa, 1960)
H.J. Pieterse was born in Wageningen, the Netherlands. At an early age he emigrated to …
Manuel António Pina
(Portugal, 1943)
Manuel António Pina was born in 1943. He took a degree in law, worked as a journalist …
Israel Pincas
(Bulgaria, 1935)
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1935, Pincas lost his father at the age of six and …
Ian Pindar
(United Kingdom, 1970)
Ian Pindar was born in London and lives in Oxfordshire. His first collection of poetry, …
Robert Pinsky
(USA, 1940)
Robert Pinsky was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He teaches in a graduate writing …
Jerry Pinto
(India, 1966)
Jerry Pinto (born 1966) is a writer of poetry, prose and children’s fiction in English. …
Joko Pinurbo
(Indonesia, 1962)
Joko Pinurbo is one of the most widely read poets in Indonesia today. Somewhat at a …
Véronique Pittolo
(France, 1960)
Véronique Pittolo is a writer and art historian. Her poetry is prosaic and …
Marko Pogačar
(Croatia, 1984)
Marko Pogačar (Split, 1984) is a student of comparative literature …
Sybren Polet
(Netherlands, 1924–2015)
The poet Sybren Polet (pseudonym for Sybren Minnema) made his debut in 1946 with the …
Clare Pollard
(United Kingdom, 1978)
Clare Pollard grew up in Bolton and later read English at Cambridge University. She now …
António José Ponte
(Cuba, 1964)
António José Ponte was born in the Cuban port town of Matanzas and moved …
Ioan Es. Pop
(Romania, 1958)
Ioan Es. Pop was originally a teacher in Ieud, a village in the county of …
Vasko Popa
(Yugoslavia, 1922–1991)

Dorothy Porter
(Australia, 1954–2008)
The work of Dorothy Porter, one of Australia’s most popular and most read poets, both …
Peter Porter
(Australia, 1929)
Peter Porter was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1929. He moved to London in 1951, and …
Anne Portugal
(France, 1949)
Born in Angers, France, Anne Portugal is a poet and a translator. She lives in Paris, …
Gloria Posada
(Colombia, 1967)
Gloria Posada holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of Antioquia, a …
Marion Poschmann
(Germany, 1969)
The visible and the invisible enter into surprising unions in the poetry of Marion …
Claire Potter
(Australia, 1975)
“I describe my writing practice, and myself as a writer, as methodically itinerant – …
D.A. Powell
(USA, 1963)
Poet Carl Phillips observed on awarding Powell the fourth annual Boston Review …
Prabhat
(India, 1972)
Prabhat (born 1972) is a writer of children’s short fiction, poetry and drama. Born in …
Frances Presley
(United Kingdom, 1952)
The great majority of Frances Presley’s work is gathered into the last two volumes …
Karen Press
(South Africa, 1956)
Karen Press was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She has worked as a teacher of …
Richard Price
(United Kingdom, 1966)
Richard Price was born in Reading in 1966 and grew up in Renfrewshire, south-west of …
Alexei Purin
(USSR, 1955)
Alexei Purin is a poet, essayist and literary critic. He has headed the poetry section …
Fabio Pusterla
(Mendrisio - Switzerland, 1957)
Fabio Pusterla was born in Mendrisio, Switzerland in 1957. He received his …
Manushya Puthiran
(India, 1968)
Manushya Puthiran is the penname of S. Abdul Hameed, an important voice in the new …
 

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