Rody Gorman was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1960 and now lives in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He has published the poetry collections Fax and Other Poems (Polygon, Edinburgh, 1996), Cùis-Ghaoil (diehard, Edinburgh, 1999), Bealach Garbh (Coiscéim, Dublin, 1999), Air a' Charbad fo Thalamh/On the Underground (Polygon, 2000), Naomhóga na Laoi (Coiscéim, 2003), Tóithín ag Tláithínteacht (Lapwing, 2004), An Duilleog agus an Crotal (Coiscéim, 2004) Flora from Lusitania (Lapwing, 2005) and Zonda? Khamsin? Sharaav? Camanchaca? (Leabhraichean Beaga, 2006), in English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic and Cherniloi (Coisceim, 2006), selected and new poems in Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.

He has worked as writing fellow at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Skye and at University College Cork, and is editor of the annual Irish and Scottish Gaelic poetry anthology An Guth. Among his Gaelic translations are works by Cavafy, Yeats, Prévert, Neruda, Kavanagh, Holan, Milosz, Rósewicz, Larkin, Popa, Holub, Aspenstrom, Snyder, Longley and Armitage. His English translations include poems by Donald MacAulay, Sorley MacLean and Iain Crichton Smith.

He has received writing bursaries from the Scottish Arts Council and An Chomhairle Ealaíon, as well as from the Royal Literary Fund and the Society of Authors. He is Convenor of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of Scottish PEN.