Gillian Clarke (Cardiff, 1937) è tra i più importanti poeti del Galles. Tra i suoi libri ricordiamo Selected Poems, Carcanet Press, 1985; Collected Poems, Carcanet Press, 1997; Five Fields, Carcanet Press, 1998; Owain Glyndŵr, National Library of Wales, 2000; Making the Beds for the Dead, Carcanet Press, 2004; At the Source, Carcanet Press, 2008; A Recipe for Water, Carcanet Press, 2009; Ice, Carcanet Press, 2012.