Henk van der Waal
(The Netherlands, 1960)
Henk van der Waal writes poetry with a melodious, eroticising use of words. In his …
Elly de Waard
(The Netherlands, 1940)
Elly de Waard tested the literary waters in the late 1970s with two, rather subdued, …
Samuel Wagan Watson
(Australia, 1972)
Born in Brisbane in 1972, Samuel Wagan Watson is of Munanjali, Birri Gubba, German, …
Saleel Wagh
(India, 1967)
Saleel Wagh is a poet, critic and translator. Nivadak Kavita is his first …
Jan Wagner
(Germany, 1971)

Derek Walcott
(Saint Lucia, 1930)
Derek Walcott was born on St. Lucia, one of the small Windward Islands. His father, a …
Yona Wallach
(Mandatory Palestine, 1944)
Yona Wallach, who was born in Tel Aviv in 1944 and died of breast cancer in 1985, is …
Ania Walwicz
(Poland, 1951)
A university tutor introduced me to Ania Walwicz’s writing when I was a young …
Wang Jiaxin
(China, 1957)
Wang Jiaxin 王家新 was born in Danjiangkou, Hubei Province, and was sent to the …
Wang Xiaoni
(China, 1955)
Call it a miracle of gravity . . . With simple words and startling images, Wang …
Nathan Wasserman
(Israel, 1962)
Nathan Wasserman, born in Jerusalem in 1962, lives in Jerusalem and teaches Assyriology …
Stephen Watson
(South Africa, 1954–2011)
Stephen Watson was born in Cape Town in 1954. He studied at the University of Cape …
Wawn Awng
(Burma, 1942)
Wawn Awng was born in Um Uma village, Sumpra Bum Township, Kachin State, Myanmar. He …
Alan Wearne
(Australia, 1948)
Alan Wearne has been part of the Australian poetry scene since the late sixties and is …
Rafi Weichert
(Israel, 1964)
It is no wonder at all that the city of Tel Aviv crowned Rafi Weichert the most …
Jillian Weise
(USA, 1981)
Jillian Weise is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of fiction. Her …
Dorit Weisman
(Israel, 1950)
Poet and translator Dorit Weisman was born April 1950 in Kfar-Saba (Israel) and lives …
David Wheatley
(Ireland, 1970)
David Wheatley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1970. He grew up outside the city in the …
Rogi Wieg
(The Netherlands, 1962–2015)
Rogi Wieg, of Hungarian extraction, is a poet of a type not often found in the …
Julia Wiener
(USSR, unknown)
For the first time in the history of PI's Israeli domain, we are publishing a poet …
Meir Wieseltier
(Russia, 1941)
Meir Wieseltier was born in Moscow in 1941, just before the Germans invaded Russia. He …
Menno Wigman
(The Netherlands, 1966)
“Menno Wigman is not only one of today’s most interesting young Dutch …
Nachoem M. Wijnberg
(The Netherlands, 1961)
One ought to be able to say of a poem: it begins well but by line seven it becomes …
Jessica L. Wilkinson
(Australia, 1982)
Jessica L. Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at RMIT University in …
C.K. Williams
(USA, 1936)
Poet and translator C.K. Williams was born in New Jersey in 1936 and was educated at …
Eleanor Wilner
(USA, 1937)
Eleanor Wilner was born in 1937 in Ohio. She earned a BA from Goucher College and a PhD …
Rosalie Wilson
(United Kingdom, 1939)
Rosalie Wilson emigrated from the UK to Zimbabwe in 1960, where she married and raised …
Ron Winkler
(Germany, 1973)
Ron Winkler was born in 1973 and lives in Berlin and Jena. He broke through as a poet …
Peer Wittenbols
(The Netherlands, 1965)
Peer Wittenbols made his debut as a poet in 2000 with the collection Slaapschuld …
Landa Wo
(France, 1972)
Landa Wo is an Angolan-French poet. Born in 1972 in Saint-Etienne (France) he is a …
Uljana Wolf
(Germany, 1979)
The German poet and translator Uljana Wolf was born in East Berlin, and studied German …
Yi Won
(South Korea, 1968)
Yi Won, born in 1968, grew up in Seoul, where she studied literature and obtained her …
Macdara Woods
(Ireland, 1942)
“Eventually simplicity is all, but life becomes more complex, demanding and …
Franz Wright
(USA, 1953)
Ceaseless blue lightning, thislove passing through me:I know somehow it will go …
Aku Wuwu
(China, 1964)
Aku Wuwu 阿库乌雾 (b. 1964) is a poet of the Nuosu subgroup of the large Yi …
Adam Wyeth
(UK, 1978)
Adam Wyeth was born in Sussex in 1978, and has lived in Co. Cork for over ten years. …
Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch
(United Kingdom, 1966)
Born into a seafaring family, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch grew up in New Quay, Ceredigion. …
 

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