Gabriela Milkova Robins (previously Gabriela Michele Milkova) is a poet and SGSAH-funded PhD researcher in the School of English based at the University of St Andrews. She was the StAnza 2023 Poet-in-Residence, given in partnership with the Edwin Morgan Trust, holding the Translation Award. Her work has been published by Bad Saturn Media, Guava, Seedlings, Wrong Directions, The AI Literary Review, The Ekphrastic Review, DIVERSITY β International Review for Literature and Art, OKNO.MK, Zenit Magazine, and three anthologies. She is the co-host and co-founder of the St Andrews-based poetry night βForspokenβ. She has worked on commissions for Gallery Franklin and Vire an scowth in the leids o the launds. Do You Know the Sea?, her long-form poetry in music project, was released in 2020, debuting on UK Radio., Her recent work focuses on folklore, inter-lingual crossovers, myth, ritual, and melody. This work was partly developed during her StAnza residency and for a commission by Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay, for his project "Many-Voiced Country", funded by the Scottish Poetry Library and hosted by the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025.
Her visual poetry was featured in the annual off-page 24 visual poetry exhibition in Many Studios, Glasgow and in the off-page StAnza 2025 Kallax exhibition, and she has since joined Glasgow City of Poets. Her work has featured at StAnza Poetry Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Push the Boat Out, and Struga Poetry Nights. She is currently an intern for Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, supporting them with their 2026 Year of Reading campaign.
She has been on the committee of The Directorate of Arts and Culture β Skopje and the planning committee of StAnza β Scotlandβs Poetry Festival.
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