New and Selected Poems of Patrick Galvin by Patrick Galvin

New and Selected Poems of Patrick Galvin by Patrick Galvin

Patrick Galvin, one of Ireland most distinctive and original poets, was born in Cork in 1927. Author of seven collections of poetry his work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and has been broadcast by the BBC and RTE. Galvin is master of the understatement combining black humour with intense compassion to create a poetry that is directly political and humane, expressed with conviction in an effortless style of great emotional depth. His first collection of poetry Heart of Grace was published in 1957 followed by the mould-breaking Christ in London. Other collections include The Wood-Burners, Man on the Porch and Folk Tales For the General, a Poetry Ireland Book Choice. His most recent works The Mad Women of Cork and The Death of Art O'Leary were published in 1994. Robin Skelton in a review for The Guardian states that Galvin is 'one of the few really original poets of our generation'. Galvin is also a well known playwright and was Resident Dramatist at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast from 1973 to 1979. His awards include a Leverhulme Fellowship in Drama and the prestigious Irish American Cultural Award for Poetry in 1995. This single volume supports the sentiments of many critics who believe his work is a significant contribution to poetry in Ireland.

Greg Delanty was born in Cork City, Ireland, in 1958 and lived in Cork until 1986. For three months of each year he returns to his Irish home in Derrynane, County Kerry. His most recent books are The New Citizen Army, The Ship of Birth (Louisiana State University Press 2006), The Blind Stitch (LSU Press, 2003) and The Hellbox (Oxford University Press 1998)). His Collected Poems 1986-2006 is out from the Oxford Poet's series of Carcanet Press. He edited, with the scholar Michael Matto, The Word Exchange, Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation (WW Norton, November, 2010). He has received many awards, most recently a Guggenheim for poetry. The magazine Agenda devoted a recent issue to celebrate Greg Delanty's 50th birthday. The National Library of Ireland have recently acquired his papers up to the end of 2012. He is the Past President of the Association of Literary scholars, Critics and Writers. He is a US citizen and an Irish Citizen and teaches at Saint Michael's College, Vermont. He has lived in Vermont since 1986.

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ISBN 13	9781859180914
ISBN 10	1859180914
Title	New and Selected Poems of Patrick Galvin
Author	Patrick Galvin
Series	Literature
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cork University Press
Year published	1996-01-01
Number of pages	128
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