Pat Boran
Pat Boran (born 1963) is an Irish poet. Born in Portlaoise,[1] Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press[2] which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and international poetry in English-language translation, and was until 2007 Programme Director of the annual Dublin Writers Festival.[3] Currently he is the presenter of "The Poetry Programme", a weekly half-hour poetry programme on RTÉ Radio 1. (The archive for the programme features his interviews with poets such as Tess Gallagher, Tony Curtis, John Haynes, Gerry Murphy and Jane Hirschfield.) He won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1989 and in 2008 received the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
His poetry publications include The Unwound Clock (1990), History and Promise (1991), Familiar Things (1993), The Shape of Water (1996), As the Hand, the Glove (2001) and The Next Life (2012). His New and Selected Poems (2005) was published by Salt Publishing UK and was reissued in 2007 by Dedalus Press, and selections of his poetry have appeared in Italian, Hungarian and a number of other languages. His writers' handbook, The Portable Creative Writing Workshop (2005), was reissued in an expanded and revised edition by New Island while his A Short History of Dublin is published by Mercier Press. In 2007 Pat Boran was elected to the membership of Aosdána, the Irish affiliation of artists and writers.[4]
Works
Poetry books
With links to years in poetry:
- 2012: The Next Life (Dedalus)[5]
- 2007: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus)[5]
- 2001: As the Hand, the Glove (Dedalus)[5]
- 1996: The Shape of Water (Dedalus)[5]
- 1993: Familiar Things (Dedalus)[5]
- 1990: History and Promise (IUP)[5]
- 1990: The Unwound Clock (Dedalus)[5]
Anthologies
- 2012: Airborne: Poetry from Ireland (Dedalus). Anthology of contemporary Irish poetry exclusive to Apple iPad.
- 2011: Shine On: Irish Writers for Shine (Dedalus Press), Irish poets and fiction writers in supports of those affected by mental ill health
- 2011: The Bee-Loud Glade: A Living Anthology of Irish Poetry' (Dedalus). Anthology of some twenty Irish poets together with accompanying audio CD of selected poems set to music and performed by Crazy Dog Audio Theatre.
- 2008: Flowing Still: Irish Poets on Irish Poetry (Dedalus). Essays by some of the best-known names in contemporary Irish writing.
- 2006: Wingspan: A Dedalus Sampler' (Dedalus). An introduction to some of the Irish and international poets on the Dedalus list.
Fiction
With links to years in literature:
Nonfiction
- 2000: A Short History of Dublin (Mercier)[5]
- 2005: The Portable Creative Writing Workshop (New Island)[5]
- 2009: The Invisible Prison: Scenes from an Irish Childhood (Dedalus Press)
References
- ^ "A Short History of Dublin", The Irish Times Weekend, June 17, 2000. (subscription)
- ^ Smyth, Michael. "Writing to the Occasion", The Irish Times, April 12, 2008. (subscription)
- ^ Walsh, Caroline. "Opportunity knocks twice in the arts", The Irish Times, July 22, 2006.
- ^ Falvey, Deirdre. "Artists who work across genres included", The Irish Times, December 18, 2007. (subscription)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k [1], dedaluspress.com. Cite error: The named reference "pbcom" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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