A. B. Jackson
(United Kingdom, 1965)
A.B. (Andrew Buchanan) Jackson was born in 1965 in Glasgow and raised in the north-west …
Dorta Jagić
(Croatia, 1974)
Dorta Jagić was born in Sinj in 1974. She graduated from the Jesuit Philosophy …
Tsitsi Jaji
(Zimbabwe, 1976)
Tsitsi Jaji was born at Nyadire Mission in 1976, and raised in Harare. After completing …
Rosa Jamali
(Iran, 1977)
Rosa Jamali was born in November 1977. She studied Drama at the Art University of …
Christopher James
(United Kingdom, 1975)
Christopher James won the National Poetry Competition in March 2009 for his poem …
Kathleen Jamie
(Scotland, 1962)
Kathleen Jamie is a leading figure in a generation of distinguished Scottish poets that …
Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy
(Colombia, 1971)
Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy was born in Waman Tabanók (“Our sacred place of origin”), in the …
Esther Jansma
(The Netherlands, 1958)
Esther Jansma made her debut with Stem onder mijn bed (Voice under my Bed, 1988) after …
Samuel Jaramillo
(Colombia, 1950)
Samuel Jaramillo was born in Bogotá in 1950. An economist and city planner, having …
Maria Jastrzębska
(Poland, 1953)
Maria Jastrzębska  was born in Warsaw in 1953 and came to England as a small …
Raúl Gómez Jattin
(Colombia, 1945–1997)
Born in 1945, Raúl Gómez Jattin desultorily studied law for some years, became an …
Slavko Jendričko
(Croatia, 1947)
Slavko Jendričko was born in 1947 in Komarevo, a village in central Croatia near …
Eva Jensen
(Norway, 1955)
Eva Jensen writes poetry, short stories, novels, and essays. She could be characterized …
Dileep Jhaveri
(India, 1943)
Dileep Jhaveri (born 1943) is a well-known Gujarati poet and playwright. He has …
Jin Haishu
(China, 1961)
Jin Haishu pushes his tough side forward in his poetry: sex, drugs and rigmarole are …
Daniel Jonas
(Portugal, 1973)
Daniel Jonas’ eruption onto the Portuguese literary scene was delayed by the fact that …
Jill Jones
(Australia, 1961)
Jill Jones is a poet and writer who lives in Sydney. She has worked in a number of …
Ingrid Jonker
(South Africa, 1933–1965)
Ingrid Jonker was born on a farm in Douglas, near Kimberley in the northern Cape on 19 …
Roland Jooris
(Belgium, 1936)
Although Roland Jooris published a relatively small number of poetry volumes over a …
Luiza Neto Jorge
(Portugal, 1939)
Luiza Neto Jorge was born in Lisbon and in that city died, shortly before her fiftieth …
Anthony Joseph
(Trinidad, 1966)
Anthony Joseph was born in Trinidad and has lived in England since 1989. He writes …
Manya Joshi
(India, 1972)
Manya Joshi holds a Masters degree in Marathi literature from the University of Bombay …
Ahmed Joumari
(Morocco, 1939)
Ahmed Joumari was born in 1939 in Casablanca, Morocco. His education was based on the …
Trevor Joyce
(Ireland, 1947)
Trevor Joyce was born in Dublin in 1947 and raised between Mary Street in the city …
Amal al- Jubouri
(Iraq, 1967)
Amal al-Jubouri was born in Baghdad. After studying English language and literature she …
Nuno Júdice
(Portugal, 1949)
Nuno Júdice was born in 1949 in the village of Mexilhoeira Grande in the Algarve. He …
Yan Jun
(China, 1973)
In recent years, the poet and musician Yan Jun has been writing mainly diary poems and …
Jun Er
(China, 1968)
More than twenty-five years of economic reform in the People’s Republic have undeniably …
Adil Jussawalla
(India, 1940)
Poet and critic Adil Jussawalla is an influential presence in Indian poetry in English. …
 

 
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