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Rui Lage
(Portugal, 1975)
Rui Lage was born in 1975 in Oporto, where he now lives, but he has spent long periods …
Tamir Lahav-Radlmesser
(Israel, 1953)
Tamir Lahav-Radlmesser was born in Jerusalem in 1953. A graduate of the Bezalel Art …
Nick Laird
(United Kingdom, 1975)
Nick Laird is one of a new generation of poets – including Leontia Flynn, Alan …
Astrid Lampe
(The Netherlands, 1955)
Astrid Lampe has written of her poetry, “With stylistic niceties and with …
Marije Langelaar
(Netherlands, 1978)
Marije Langelaar (Goes, 1978) is an artist and poet. She won literary acclaim with her …
Jimu Langge
(China, 1963)
In the southwest corner of China, the grand mountains and rivers that border the …
Michael Laskey
(United Kingdom, 1944)
Michael Laskey was born in Lichfield in Staffordshire. He read English at St John’s …
Ruth Lasters
(Belgium, 1979)
She connects a football game to the way our brain works, and flashing neon lights …
Rickey Laurentiis
(USA, 1989)
Rickey Laurentiis is the author of Boy with Thorn, selected by Terrance Hayes …
Jan Lauwereyns
(Belgium, 1969)
Jan Lauwereyns (Antwerp, 1969) writes about his love for silence. His poetry embodies a …
Anthony Lawrence
(Australia, 1957)
Anthony Lawrence, born in Tamworth, NSW, has published fourteen collections of poetry …
Robert Lax
(United States, 1915–2000)
Robert Lax was born in Olean, New York, and spent the latter half of his life living on …
Dmytro Lazutkin
(Ukraine, 1978)
Dmytro Lazutkin was born in November 1978 in Kyiv, Ukraine. In a period of just four …
Delphine Lecompte
(Belgium, 1978)
Delphine Lecompte debuted in 2004 in America with Kittens in the Boiler, a novel …
Melissa Lee-Houghton
(United Kingdom, 1982)
Melissa Lee-Houghton is at the forefront of a new strand of confessional poetry in the …
Ed Leeflang
(The Netherlands, 1929–2008)
Ed Leeflang worked for a few years as a journalist, studied Dutch letters and …
John Leefmans
(Surinam, 1933–2012)
John Leefmans was born in Nieuw-Nickerie, Surinam, into a Jewish family whose ancestors …
Joke van Leeuwen
(The Netherlands, 1952)
Joke van Leeuwen is among the Netherlands’ most acclaimed writers of children’s books. …
Hailey Leithauser
(USA, 1954)
Poet Hailey Leithauser was born in Baltimore and raised in Maryland and Central …
Alexandr Leontiev
(USSR, 1970)
Aleksandr Leontjev was born in what is now Sint Petersburg, moved to Volgograd, the …
Hezy Leskly
(Israel, 1952–1994)
Poet, choreographer and dance critic Hezy Leskly was born in Israel to Czech Holocaust …
Anat Levin
(Israel, 1973)
Anat Levin was born in Israel to a mother of Russian descent from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, …
Dana Levin
(USA, 1965)
Dana Levin grew up in California’s Mojave Desert and earned a BA from Pitzer …
Philip Levine
(United States, 1928–2015)
Philip Levine was one of the leading poetic voices of his generation, “a large, …
Larry Levis
(USA, 1946–1996)
Larry Levis, born in Fresno, California, was an award-winning poet who often employed …
Emma Lew
(Australia, 1962)
With a gift for giving the moment, Emma Lew is a Melbourne-based poet whose first …
Gwyneth Lewis
(United Kingdom, 1959)
Gwyneth Lewis was born in 1959 in Cardiff, Wales. She attended a bilingual school in …
Bella Li
(China, 1983)
Bella Li is a Melbourne poet. Born in northeastern China, she immigrated to Australia …
Li Heng
(China, 1986)
Li Heng (黎衡) is one of the most talented young poets in China today, praised for the …
Tim Liardet
(United Kingdom, 1959)
Tim Liardet was born in London in 1959 and was educated at the University of York. …
Peter van Lier
(The Netherlands, 1960)
Peter van Lier is a strange poet. His work consists of meticulous observations of human …
Tomas Lieske
(Netherlands, 1943)
Tomas Lieske made his debut at the age of forty-four with the poetry …
Kate Lilley
(Australia, 1960)
Kate Lilley was born in Perth. After undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney …
Frank Lima
(USA, 1939–2013)
Born in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, poet Frank Lima earned an MFA from …
Gerry van der Linden
(The Netherlands, 1952)
One year after publishing her first book of poems, De Aantekening (The Note; …
Erik Lindner
(The Netherlands, 1968)
Erik Lindner made his début in 1996 with Tramontane, a collection of …
Sarah Lindsay
(USA, 1958)
The Greek word ‘historia’ means “a learning or knowing by inquiry, history, record, …
Fernando Linero
(Colombia, 1957)
Although he studied Philosophy, Linero says that being born on the day the first …
Slađan Lipovec
(Croatia, 1972)
Slađan Lipovec (Bjelovar, 1972) studied Croatian literature at the University of …
Ewa Lipska
(Poland, 1945)
Ewa Lipska is one of the most important Polish poets of her generation. She studied …
Liu Waitong
(China, 1975)
It is through poetry that Liu reflects on the past and present of China and Hong Kong. …
Lo Fu
(China, 1928)
The poet did not wish for his photograph to be displayed. Lo Fu (Luo Fu) is the penname …
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
(Canada, 1973)
Miriam Wei Wei Lo was born in Canada, raised in Singapore, and has lived in Australia …
Lo Ch’ing
(, 1948)
Fran Lock
(United Kingdom, 1982)
Fran Lock’s poetry takes its cues from a broad swathe of sources, ranging from …
Franco Loi
(Italy, 1930)
Franco Loi was born in Genoa. His father came from Sardinia, his mother from Emilia. In …
Michael Longley
(Ireland, 1939)
Michael Longley belongs to the leading Irish poets of his generation. He was born to …
Adília Lopes
(Portugal, 1960)
Adília Lopes self-published her first book, in 1985, under the title A Rather …
Carlos López Degregori
(Peru, 1952)
Carlos López Degregori (Lima, 1952) studied at San Marcos University in Lima …
Dave Lordan
(United Kingdom, 1975)
Dave Lordan was born in Derby, England, and grew up in Clonakilty in West Cork. He has …
Hannah Lowe
(United Kingdom, 1976)
Hannah Lowe is one of a generation of younger poets whose work celebrates the …
Orietta Lozano
(Colombia, 1956)
Born in Cali, Colombia, Orietta Lozano has published five books of poems, a novel, a …
Lü De'an
(China, 1960)
In his own words, Lü De’an is a happy poet. This may have something to do with the fact …
Lucebert
(The Netherlands, 1924–1994)
Lucebert, the pseudonym for Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, loosely incorporates …
Predrag Lucić
(Croatia, 1964)
Predrag Lucić (Split, 1964) attended primary and secondary school in his hometown …
Roddy Lumsden
(United Kingdom, 1966)
Roddy Lumsden is a Scottish poet, editor and poetry teacher, based in London, whose …
Eldrid Lunden
(Norway, 1940)
The poetic work of Eldrid Lunden is some of the most important, not only in Norway, but …
Henry Luque
(Colombia, 1944–2006)
Born in Bogota, Henry Luque Muñoz graduated in sociology, gained a master’s degree …
Thomas Lynch
(USA, 1948)
Thomas Lynch is the author of a collection of essays, The Undertaking - Life Studies …
Lynn Moe Swe
(Burma, 1976–2017)
The funeral I wrote down happens today. 
 Or, does it? The opening …
Oleh Lysheha
(Ukraine, 1949–2014)
Oleh Lysheha, a bearded recluse, was a living legend of Ukrainian poetry. A dissident, …
Cecilie Løveid
(Norway, 1951)
In contemporary Norwegian literature, Løveid is nearly always spoken of as a genre …
 

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