Esther Raab
(Ottoman Palestine, 1894–1981)
Esther Raab (1894-1981) is often touted as Israel’s first native-born woman poet, …
Lawrence Raab
(USA, 1946)

Rachel
(Russia, 1890)
The poet Rachel`s life has taken on mythic proportions for Israel`s reading public.
Bojan Radašinović
(Croatia, 1975)
Bojan Radašinović was born in Zagreb. He has had a number of jobs, working as a …
Marijana Radmilović
(Croatia, 1971)
Marijana Radmilović was born in Vinkovci where she lives today (although she will …
Savithri Rajeevan
(India, 1956)
Savithri Rajeevan is a noted Malayalam poet and short fiction writer, based in …
P.P. Ramachandran
(India, 1962)
[P.P. Ramachandran was selected by E.V. Ramakrishnan for the May 2009 special …
E.V. Ramakrishnan
(India, 1950)
E.V. Ramakrishnan is a bilingual writer who has published poetry and criticism in …
António Ramos Rosa
(Portugal, 1924)
Born in Faro, the Algarve, in 1924, António Ramos Rosa moved to Lisbon in 1945, …
Lesego Rampolokeng
(South Africa, 1965)
Lesego Rampolokeng was born in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied law at …
Billy Ramsell
(Ireland, 1977)
Billy Ramsell was born in Cork in 1977 and educated at the North Monastery and UCC. He …
Varavara Rao
(India, 1940)
Varavara Rao (born 1940) – or VV as he is better known – is a well-known Telugu …
Andrea Raos
(Italy, 1968)
Andrea Raos, who was born in Varese in 1968, is one of the most important scholars and …
Irina Ratushinskaya
(USSR, 1954)

Dahlia Ravikovitch
(Mandatory Palestine, 1936)
Dahlia Ravikovitch was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1936. Her language, rich inner life …
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
(Norway, 1949)
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen is a writer, architect, graphic artist and songwriter. …
K. Siva Reddy
(India, 1943)
K. Siva Reddy is a major voice in contemporary Telugu poetry. He has published eleven …
Deryn Rees-Jones
(United Kingdom, 1968)
Deryn Rees-Jones was born in Liverpool in 1968. She read English for her undergraduate …
Evgeny Rein
(USSR, 1935)
Evgeny Rein was born in Leningrad. His Dutch ancestors arrived in Russia from Poland in …
Martin Reints
(The Netherlands, 1950)
Martin Reints has published five collections of poetry. After Waar ze komt daar is …
Fernando Rendón
(Colombia, 1951)
Fernando Rendón is founder and director of the Latin American poetry magazine …
Luis Eduardo Rendón
(Colombia, 1972)
Luis Eduardo Rendón is an outstanding and prolific young poet who was born in San …
Rendra
(Indonesia, 1935–2009)

Trilingual renshi
(Asia, 2015)
Renshi is a modern version of the traditional Japanese linked poem, …
Kumamoto Renshi 2010
(Japan, 2010)
In March 2010, four prominent Japanese poets, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Hiromi Itō, Yasuhiro …
Delimir Rešicki
(Croatia, 1960)
Delimir Rešicki, poet, writer, literary critic, editor of the daily newspaper Glas …
Kutti Revathi
(India, 1974)
Kutti Revathi is the pen name of Dr S. Revathi. A Chennai-based Tamil poet, her poetry …
Denise Riley
(United Kingdom, 1948)
Denise Riley’s poetry combines a bold and stylish performance of the self (whoever she …
Peter Riley
(United Kingdom, 1940)
Peter Riley must now count as one of our ‘senior poets’, with a large back-catalogue of …
Atsuro Riley
(USA, 1960)
Atsuro Riley grew up in South Carolina and lives in California. His heavily stressed, …
Øyvind Rimbereid
(Norway, 1966)
Øyvind Rimbereid was born in Stavanger, Norway, in 1966. He has a degree in …
Rin Ishigaki
(Japan, 1920–2004)
Ishigaki Rin was born in Akasaka in downtown Tokyo in 1920. From 1934 to 1975 she …
Monika Rinck
(Germany, 1969)
Monika Rinck is a unique poet whose poetological thinking equals her poetry itself in …
Maurice Riordan
(Ireland, 1953)
Maurice Riordan (born in Lisgoold, Co. Cork in 1953) was educated at University College …
Yiannis Ritsos
(Greece, 1909–1990)
Plagued by turberculosis, family misfortunes, and repeated persecution for his …
Rituraj
(India, 1940)
 Rituraj was selected by Hindi poet and editor Mangalesh Dabral for the special …
Mario Rivero
(Colombia, 1935)
Born in the industrial city of Medellín, where his father worked as a power-loom …
Sam Riviere
(UK, 1981)
Britain is currently enjoying something of a poetry renaissance, fuelled by a …
Tarannum Riyaz
(India, 1963)
Tarannum Riyaz is a noted Urdu short fiction writer, translator, critic, poet and …
Boris Rizhy
(USSR, 1974–2001)
Boris Rizhy was born east of the Urals. Boris Ryzhi means the Red or Red-Haired One. He …
Michael Robbins
(USA)
In a review of Alien vs. Predator (Penguin, 2012), Dwight Garner of The New …
Ed Roberson
(United States, 1939)
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and educated at the University of …
Juan Manuel Roca
(Colombia, 1946)
In the blind he loves the tense tuning of the senses, their olfactory skills, their …
Ajmer Rode
(India)
Ajmer Rode  is a Canada-based Punjabi poet, playwright and translator with five …
Jan de Roek
(Belgium, 1941–1971)
In 1971, at the age of thirty, Jan de Roek died in a road accident. De Roek was a …
Héctor Rojas Herazo
(Colombia, 1921–2002)
Novelist, poet and painter, Héctor Rojas Herazo was a towering figure in Colombian …
Neil Rollinson
(United Kingdom, 1960)
Neil Rollinson was born in 1960 in Yorkshire. He studied at Newcastle University and …
Stephen Romer
(United Kingdom, 1957)
Stephen Romer was born in Hertfordshire in 1957; he has lived in France since 1981. He …
Armando Romero
(Colombia, 1944)
Armando Romero was active in the Colombian avantgarde movement El nadaismo …
Juan Cristóbal Romero
(Chile, 1974)
Juan Cristóbal Romero has published four full-length books of poetry: …
Davide Rondoni
(Italy, 1964)
Davide Rondoni, one of the most interesting voices in new Italian poetry, was born in …
Jürgen Rooste
(Estonia, 1979)
There is a close connection between the life of Jürgen Rooste and the Estonian …
Mark Roper
(UK, 1951)
Mark Roper was born in Derbyshire in 1951, and brought up in North London. He went to a …
L.F. Rosen
(, 1953)
L.F. Rosen made his debut in 1994 with the collection Adel, published by Van …
Mirta Rosenberg
(Argentina, 1951)
Mirta Rosenberg was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina on 7 October 1951. For over …
Gabriel Rosenstock
(Ireland, 1949)
Gabriel Rosenstock was born in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick and studied at University …
Jerome Rothenberg
(USA, 1931)
Poetry International has an extensive online collection of poetry and poets, but our …
Jacques Roubaud
(France, 1932)
In Sweden, Någonting svart was chosen by the poetry critics as the best …
Valérie Rouzeau
(France, 1967)
When, in 1999, a small book of poems entitled Pas revoir was published, the …
Noel Rowe
(Australia, 1951–2007)
Noel Rowe’s poetry crafts a meditative and compassionate vision of the human beast. His …
Claude Royet-Journoud
(France, 1941)
One of France’s most important post-1968 poets, Claude Royet-Journoud developed a …
Lev Rubinstein
(USSR, 1947)
Poet, performer and columnist Lev Rubinstein (Moscow, 1947) is one of the founders of …
Tuvia Ruebner
(Slovakia, 1924)
Tuvia Ruebner was born into a semi-secular, German-speaking Jewish family (his father …
Paolo Ruffilli
(Italy, 1949)
Poet, fiction writer and essayist, Paolo Ruffilli was born in Rieti but grew up in …
Kristina Rungano
(Zimbabwe, 1963)
Kristina Rungano, poet and short-story writer, was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and grew up …
Gwinyai Runyowa
(Zimbabwe)
Gwinyai Runyowa (a.k.a. Verseless Philo) is a general artist aged 24, who completed his …
Mykola Ryabchuk
(Ukraine, 1953)
Mykola Ryabchuk is one of the Ukraine’s most important intellectuals, although his name …
Gig Ryan
(Australia, 1956)
Abrupt, pared-back, given to juxtapositions that reshape the urban world her poetry …
Kay Ryan
(USA, 1954)
Many of Ryan’s poems follow a similar formula: the lines are short, there are few of …
 

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