Abdelkarim Tabbal
(Morocco, 1931)
Born in Shefshaoun, Morocco in 1931. He studied in Karaouine university where he got …
Chimako Tada
(Japan, 1930–2003)
Sometimes writers who inhabit the margins of the literary world are the ones who …
Inuo Taguchi
(Japan, 1967)
Inuo Taguchi (whose pen name literally means Dog Man) was born in 1967, a few years …
Juan Diego Tamayo
(Colombia, 1968)
After graduating in Linguistics and Literature at the Universidad Pontificia …
Ryuichi Tamura
(Japan, 1923–1998)
Ryuichi Tamura is universally regarded as one of the most important poets of post-WWII …
Yosuke Tanaka
(Japan, 1969)
Yosuke Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1969 and made his debut as a poet in the prestigious …
Shuntaro Tanikawa
(Japan, 1931)
Shuntaro Tanikawa has been a phenomenon in Japan since the publication of his first …
Beaven Tapureta
(Zimbabwe, 1975)
Beaven Tapureta (1975) was born in 1975 in Chitungwiza. He holds a diploma in …
Gonçalo M. Tavares
(Portugal, 1970)
Gonçalo M.Tavares teaches epistemology (the theory of knowledge) at the University of …
Yoko Tawada
(Japan, 1960)
Multilingual double-talents often convey the impression that they can do everything …
Paulo Teixeira
(Mozambique, 1962)
Paulo Teixeira was born in what is now called Maputo, Mozambique. He is seen as the …
Toon Tellegen
(The Netherlands, 1941)
Toon Tellegen, born in Den Briel in 1941, is considered one of Holland’s finest poets …
Hans Tentije
(The Netherlands, 1944)
Hans Tentije chose as a motto for his 1987 collection Schemeringen (Twilights) these …
H.H. ter Balkt
(The Netherlands, 1938)
“Go home, Poetry, and take me with you,” H.H. ter Balkt writes in his …
Anitha Thampi
(India, 1968)
Anitha Thampi (born 1968) is a Malayalam poet with two collections of poetry to her …
Chouchanik Thamrazian
(Armenia, 1978)
Chouchanik Thamrazian grew up in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where she was born in …
Jeet Thayil
(India, 1959)
Born in Kerala, Jeet Thayil is a performance poet, songwriter and musician. He has …
Jeroen Theunissen
(Belgium, 1977)
Most people associate poetry with rhyme and romance, with emotion and personal …
Peter Theunynck
(Belgium, 1962)
Peter Theunynck’s body houses twin souls: a virtuoso aesthete and a contrary …
Tian Yuan
(China, 1965)
Born in 1965 in Henan Province, China, Tian Yuan first came to Japan as a …
Umar Timol
(Mauritius, 1970)
Why does a poet from an island with a Dutch name write in French? Mauritius was …
Ottó Tolnai
(Hungary, 1940)
Ottó Tolnai studied Hungarian literature and philosophy in Novi Sad and Zagreb. He …
Willem van Toorn
(The Netherlands, 1935)
Willem van Toorn has published novels, stories and poetry collections since his début …
Truong Tran
(Vietnam, 1969)
Truong Tran, a poet and visual artist, was born in Saigon in 1969. He is the author of …
Tomas Tranströmer
(Sweden, 1931)
Few poets have been more widely translated than the Swede Tomas Tranströmer, whose …
John Tranter
(Australia, 1943)
Since the late 1960s, John Tranter has been the established agent provocateur of …
Troubadour poetry
(Portugal)
While the poetry of the Provençal troubadours has been widely translated and justly …
Galsan Tschinag
(Mongolia, 1944)
Galsan Tschinag whose name in his native Tuvan language is Irgit Shynykbai-oglu …
Tsotso magazine
(Zimbabwe)
In 1989, the very young publishing company, Baobab Books, held a workshop for young and …
Yukio Tsuji
(Japan, 1939–2000)
Yukio Tsuji was born in downtown Tokyo in 1939. He grew up there without seeing his …
Leo Tuor
(Switzerland, 1959)
Leo Tuor was born in Rabius in the Swiss canton Graubünden. He studied philosophy, …
Sirkka Turkka
(Finland, 1939)
Sirkka Turkka often seems to have more of a soft spot for animals than for people. …
Brian Turner
(USA, 1967)
Brian Turner was born in Visalia in California. He gained his MA in poetry writing from …
Hone Tuwhare
(New Zealand, 1922–2008)
Hone Tuwhare, a Maori-poet, was born in Kaikohe, in northern New Zealand. When he was …
 

 
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