Ya Shi
(China, 1966)
Ya Shi 哑石 (pen name of Chen Xiaoping) has an alchemical genius – in his poetry we …
Jūkichi Yagi
(Japan, 1898–1927)
Jūkichi Yagi was born in 1898 in the outskirts of Tokyo as the second son of a …
Yang Li
(China, 1962)
The spirit of Ted Berrigan is alive and well in the Chinese poet Yang Li! He too can be …
Yang Lian
(Switzerland, 1955)
Yang Lian was born in Bern (Switzerland) in 1955, where his parents were in the …
Yao Feng
(China, 1958)
Yao Feng, the pen-name of Yao Jingming, was born in Beijing in 1958. He studied …
Sitanshu Yashaschandra
(India, 1941)
Sitanshu Yashaschandra is among contemporary Gujarati literature’s most eminent …
Jane Yeh
(United States, 1971)
With just two collections, Jane Yeh has established herself in the UK poetry world as …
Avoth Yeshurun
(Ukraine, 1904)
Avoth Yeshurun was born in the Ukraine in 1904. He was raised in a Chassidic home and …
Yi Sha
(China, 1966)
There are no hints in Yi Sha’s poetry, no over-reliance on the imagination of his …
Yasuhiro Yotsumoto
(Japan, 1959)
Yasuhiro Yotsumoto was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1959 and grew up mostly in Hiroshima. …
Dean Young
(USA, 1955)
Strongly influenced by the New York School poets and Surrealists such as André …
Ouyang Yu
(China)
Ouyang Yu graduated from La Trobe University with a doctoral degree in Australian …
Ling Yu
(Taiwan, 1952)
Ling Yu (1952) loves the bizarre Li Bai as well as the melancholic Du Fu. She can be as …
Yu Jian
(China, 1954)
For Yu Jian, poetry is largely a matter of sounding his world with words. Born on 8 …
Mae Yway
(Burma, 1991)
Mae Yway is from Myeik, a town on the coast of an island on the Andaman Sea in …
 

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