'Gin(k)go biloba' 
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

'The Speed of Light' by Elizabeth Rosner
about the aftereffects of witnesses to violence and survivor guilt in the children of Holocaust survivors.
Ginkgo on the cover and in the book.
304 pages ; Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd);  August 28, 2001.
 
 
 

'Wild Swans' by Jung Chang
about the lives of 3 generations of a family in China.
"In spring, the school was a sea of pink because of all the peach trees. But what I liked most was the two-story library, built in the traditional Chinese style. The building was encirded on both floors by loggias, and the outside of these was enclosed by a row of gorgeously painted seats which were shaped like wings. I had a favorite corner in these "wing seats" (fei-lai-yi) where I used to sit for hours reading, occasionally stretching my arm out to touch the fan-shaped leaves of a rare Ginkgo tree. There was a pair of them outside the front gate of the library, towering and elegant. They were the only sight that could distract me from my books."
524 pages ; Publisher: Anchor World Views; Reprint edition November 1992.
 

'Se una notte d’inverno un  viaggiatore' by Italo Calvino
(English title: 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler')
Falling Ginkgo leaves mentioned in the book.
Harvest Books; October 1982.

Les Voyages d'He Pao, part 2: 'L'Ombre du Ginkgo', strip book by Vink
Ginkgo images on the cover and in the book.
48 pages, 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Een heel huis vol' by Boudewijn Büch
Boudewijn Büch writes about his passion for the Ginkgo on pages 117-120: "Ik heb tientallen blaadjes van de boom uit alle mogelijke windstreken meegenomen, maar toch kan ik het niet nalaten nóg meer blaadjes naar huis te slepen. ...Het is vooral de magie van dat prachtige gedicht van Goethe dat mij tot de boom veroordeelde."
Rotterdam : Natuurmuseum Rotterdam - 165 p.,  2001 (Dutch language)
 
 

'Ginkgo and Moon' by Lisa Mertins

'Simile: Willow and Ginkgo' by Eve Merriam
Ginkgo and willow in the poem.
Read poem and info here.

'An den Ginkgo vor der Tür' by Peter Härtling
Poem about the Ginkgo.
 

'The consent' by Howard Nemerov

 Ou-Yang Xiu (Hsiu) and Mei Yao-ch'en 
Exchanged poems about the Ginkgo in the 11th century in China (Sung dynasty).
Read more: click here.

Yosano Akiko, Saito Mokichi
These Japanese poets wrote verses about the Ginkgo (first half 20th century).
 
 

Japanese novels and stories in which the Ginkgo plays a role, for instance:
T. Shimazaki, 'Hakai' (novel, 1906), 'Icho no Ki' (juvenile story, 1917).
S. Natsume, 'Sanshiro' (novel, 1914).
R. Akutagawa,  'Hana' (a short story, 1916).
K. Miyazawa,  'Icho no Mi' (juvenile story).
K. Nakamura, 'Kamakura Monogatari' (Stories of Kamakura, about 1659).
 
  

Arthur Sze, The Ginkgo Light, poetry
A temple near the hypocenter of the atomic blast at Hiroshima was disintegrated, but its Ginkgo tree survived to bud and bloom. 
The poet Arthur Sze extends this metaphor of survival and flowering to transform the world's factual darkness into precarious splendor.
Copper Canyon Press, WA (USA),  96 p., 2009
 

'Le Ginkgo, le plus vieil arbre du monde'
by Alain Serres and Zau
History of the Ginkgo tree (youth book).
Ginkgo paintings and photos on the cover and in the book.
Rue du Monde, Paris, 2011 (in French)

'The Legend of Ginkgo', film
 Fantasy epic and romance, directed by Park JeHyun. Beautiful scenes featuring Ginkgo leaves/tree.
Kang JeGyu Film, 117 min., 2000, Korean, English subtitles
 

'Passage' by Irving Penn
 Work record of the photographer Irving Penn. On the cover photo of Ginkgo leaves taken by Penn in 1990.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York in 1991.
 
 
 

'Life counts'
Ginkgo image on the cover.
A popular account of the status of global biodiversity at the beginning of the 21st century. 
"Science book of the Year 2000" in Germany and awarded a "Distinctive Merit" by the New York Art Directors Club.

Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2000 - 288 pages. 
English version Grove Atlantic, New York, 2002.