Simon West is a widely published poet, translator and Italianist. His first collection of poetry First Names was short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Prize in 2007, won the William Baylebridge Memorial Prize, and was commended in the 2007 FAW Anne Elder Award.

The Yellow Gum’s Conversion was published by Puncher and Wattmann in 2011.

The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti: A Critical English Edition, was published by Troubador Publishing, UK in 2009.

Simon lives in Melbourne, Australia.