William Rowe

Emeritus Professor Birkbeck College University of London. His books of poetry include Collected Poems (Crater Press, 2016), Sixfingerafterwards (Veer Books, 2025). And of translations: Raúl Zurita, Inri (New York Review Books, 2018); with Helen Dimos, César Vallejo, Trilce (Veer Books and Crater Press, 2022; New York Review Books, 2025). He has read his poetry in France, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Greece, Peru, Mexico, Chile, USA as well as UK. As a specialist of contemporary UK and Latin American poetry, he has published Three Lyric Poets (University of Liverpool, 2008), Poets of Contemporary Latin America (Oxford University Press, 1999). He organised a series of international events including Poetry and Revolution and the London Poetry Festival. He is a founding editor of the poetry publishing collective Veer Books (Veerbooks.com).