Gabriel Olearnik is of Polish descent and was raised in England and educated in London. His background includes medieval literature, history, the law and time in both Warsaw and Krakow. His work has previously appeared in Dappled Things (Pushcart Prize nominee) and is being adapted for performance by the classical composer Premyslaw Salomonski.

Amor de Lonh  is now availble from Andromache Books

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What we're hearing about 'Amor de Lonh'

'A volume that is cultured in the best sense, comprehending a multitude of narratives, ideas, and visions in a way cohesive enough to afford glimpses at Truth. ...Olearnik’s poems gleam as newly minted stars in the vault of the Western tradition. '

   -  Full review in Dappled Things

'In Amor de Lonh we are given a canon of intense beauty and moments of alluring melancholy. Playing with an introspective questioning of human thoughts, passions and their origins, Amor’s sweet simplicity honours English as a language.'

  - James Christopher,  of The Times

'This forceful debut collection holds the compressed attention of a deeply-felt philosophical inquiry determined by a keen regard for the historical. The result is a selection of intense, concentrated and frequently playful poems.'

 - James Byrne, Editor, The Wolf

'Fresh and powerful'.  - Ross Cogan, Gregory Prize winner

'Le tante voci di questo autore si fondono generando un unico, prezioso mosaico di parole che sanno parlare al cuore, all’anima, alla mente di ciascuno sotto l’egida divina di una fervente Fede.' - Full review in Il Melograno