Gabriella Bedetti

Poet, Translator

Lexington, KY

Kentucky US

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

gabriellabedetti.wordpress.com/

Author's Bio

Gaby Bedetti hikes, plants trees, and sings in several choirs. Her photo-essay, “From Bologna to Boston: Immigration Scenes from the 1950s,” appeared on Italian Americana’s website. A longtime teacher at Eastern Kentucky University, she co-taught Comedy as an Artistic Approach. She married a poet she met at a literature conference in Louisville, Kentucky, and together they raised a couple of kids. Henri Meschonnic's American translator, she has published essays, poems and reviews in such journals as Still: The Journal, Poet Lore, and New Literary History. In June, you can find her blogging on LexPoMo. She received an Artistic Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women to work on a poetry collection exploring issues of aging and ageism and an Eastern Kentucky University Grant to lead seniors in poetry writing.

Writers Retreats:

American Literary Translators Association Conference

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Dodge Poetry Festival

Kentucky Book Festival

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:

All the Broods Are Hatching At Once (Workhorse, 2025)

Heron Clan XII (Katherine James Books, 2025)

Something Like Sentience Scattered and Smoldering (Workhorse, 2024)

Locks & Bones & Bells & Stamps & Maps (Workhorse, 2023)

But There Was Fire in the Distance (Workhorse, 2022)

Maps We Forgot to Bring (Workhorse, 2021)

If Only They Were Hungrier They Would Swallow Me Whole (Workhorse, 2020)

Maximum Tilt (Solstice Publishing, 2020)

Let’s Do It Live (Workhorse, 2019)

The Heavy Lifting (Workhorse, 2018)

The Messenger Is Sudden Thunder (Workhorse, 2017)

& Grace (Accents Publishing, 2016)

This Wretched Vessel (Accents Publishing, 2015)

Journals:

A Quiet Courage

Aji Magazine

Barely South Review

Better Than Starbucks

Borrowed Solace

Caesura

Caustic Frolic

Cold Mountain Review

Constellations

Dime Show Review

Down in the Dirt

Eastern Iowa Review

Edify Fiction

Ekphrastic Review

Fear of Monkeys

Flapper Press

Frogpond

GNU Journal

Gravel

Inscape Journal

Italian Americana

Levitate Magazine

Maintenant

New Delta Review

Nightingale & Sparrow

Nine Muses Poetry

North Dakota Quarterly

Off the Coast

On the Veranda

One Art

Oyster River Pages

Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel

Poetry Quarterly

Pulsebeat Poetry Journal

Roanoke Review

Rue Scribe

Short Humour Site

Silver Blade

Soul-Lit

Spadina Literary Review

Still

SubtleTea

SurVision Magazine

The Font

The Lake

The Literary Hatchet

The Voices Project

Time of Singing

tinywords

Tipton Poetry Journal

Tower Journal

Unlikely Stories Mark V

Vita Brevis

Voice of Eve

Voices on the Wind

Writing in a Woman's Voice

Yearling

Your Daily Poem

Translation

Journals:

Action, Spectacle, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Alchemy: Journal of Translation, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Anomaly, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Another Chicago Magazine, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Antonym Bridge to Global Literature, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Artful Dodge, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Asymptote, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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AzonaL, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Bangalore Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Blue Unicorn, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Brooklyn Rail, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Cagibi, poems by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Carte Blanche, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Chicago Quarterly Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Cholla Needles, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Festival Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Ilanot Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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International Poetry Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Interpret Magazine, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Leaping Clear, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Los Angeles Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Lunch Ticket, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Mantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism & Translation, poems by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Meniscus, poems by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Mercury Firs, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Mid-American Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Modern Literature, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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New Delta Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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On the Seawall, poems by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Packingtown Review, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Plume, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Poetry Daily, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Poetry Lighthouse, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Poetry Online, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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PRISM International, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Puerto del Sol, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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RHINO, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Sontag Mag, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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SORTES, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Southern Review, poems by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Stockholm Review of Literature, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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Trinity Journal of Literary Translation, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

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World Literature Today, a poem by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French

Prizes won:

Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant, Eastern Kentucky University Grant

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, French, German, Italian

Born in:

Schaffhausen

Switzerland

Raised in:

Brookline, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: Aug 20, 2026