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Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize is a biennial award that is offered alternately to enable an Australian poet to visit Ireland and to facilitate the visit of an Irish poet to Melbourne. It provides the recipient with a return airfare, a contribution towards living expenses and an honorary fellowship at the Australian Centre in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. The prize was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Vincent Buckley by reflecting his "love of and commitment to both Australian and Irish poetry". Buckley was a poet, critic and Professor of English at the University of Melbourne and the prize was funded through donations from his family and friends. The Award The award is made by a committee comprising the director of the Australian Centre, the head of the department of English at the University or the head's nominee, and a practising poet nominated by the dean of the faculty of Arts. Past committee members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb north of Melbourne's central business district, with several other campuses located across Victoria. Incorporated in the 19th century by the colony of Victoria, the University of Melbourne is one of Australia's six sandstone universities and a member of the Group of Eight, Universitas 21, Washington University's McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Since 1872, many residential colleges have become affiliated with the university, providing accommodation for students and faculty, and academic, sporting and cultural programs. There are ten colleges located on the main campus and in nearby suburbs. The university comprises ten separate academic units and is associated with numerous institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Campbell (poet)
Elizabeth Campbell is an Australian poet. Biography Elizabeth Campbell was born in Melbourne in 1980. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Honours Degree in English in 2000. She has taught English at Eltham High School and MacRobertson Girls' High School, Victoria. ''AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource'', 21 May 2014 She has published two collections of verse, ''Letters to the Tremulous Hand'' and ''Error'', both published by John Leonard Press. Her poetry has been widely published and anthologised, and she been the recipient of many awards and residencies for her poetry. Several of Campbell's poems were included in the 2011 landmark anthology of Australian poetry, ''Australian Poetry Since 1788''. Works Poetry *''Letters to the Tremulous Hand''. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enda Wyley
Enda Wyley is an Irish writer of poetry and children's literature. Life Enda Wyley was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1966 and lives in Dublin. She was awarded a B.Ed. by the Marino Institute of Education, Dublin and then worked for twenty years as a primary school teacher. She obtained an M.A in creative writing from Lancaster University. She is married to Peter Sirr who is also a poet and they have one daughter. Work She writes poetry and children's literature. She has been the Poet-at-Work in the Coombe Maternity Hospital, Dublin and Writer in Residence at the Marino Institute. Works Poetry * ''Eating Baby Jesus'' (Dedalus Press, 1993) * ''Socrates in the Garden'' (Dedalus Press, 1998) * ''Poems for Breakfast'' (Dedalus Press, 2004) * ''To Wake to This'' (Dedalus Press, 2009) * ''Borrowed Space, New and Selected Poems'' (Dedalus Press, 2014) * ''The Painter on his Bike'' (Dedalus Press, 2019). Children's literature * ''Boo and Bear'' (O'Brien Press, 2003) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileen Kelly
Aileen is a feminine given name. Its common used in Ireland. It comes from the Turkish name Aylin, which means "Halo of the moon". Notable people with the name include: * Aileen Adams (born 1923), British consultant anaesthetist *Aileen Allen (1888–1950), American diver * Aileen Armitage (born 1930), British writer and author *Aileen Baviera (1959–2020), Filipino political scientist and sinologist *Aileen Bernal (born 1994), Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner *Aileen Britton (1916–1986), Australian actress *Aileen Bryan (1925–2005), American sailor *Aileen Campbell (born 1980), Scottish politician * Aileen Cannon (born 1981), American lawyer and federal judge *Aileen Carroll (1944–2020), Canadian politician *Aileen Christianson (1944–2020), English lecturer *Aileen Convery (born 1969), Irish swimmer *Aileen H. Cowan (born 1926), Canadian painter and sculptor *Aileen Crowley (born 1994), Irish rower *Aileen Cust (1868–1937), Anglo-Irish veterinary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Montague (poet)
John Montague (28 February 1929 − 10 December 2016) was an Irish poet. Born in America, he was raised in Ireland. He published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He was one of the best known Irish contemporary poets. In 1998 he became the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry (essentially Ireland's poet laureate). In 2010, he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, France's highest civil award. Early life John Montague was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, on 28 February 1929. His father, James Montague, an Ulster Catholic, from County Tyrone, had gone to America in 1925 to join his brother John. Both were sons of John Montague, who had been a JP, combining his legal duties with being a schoolmaster, farmer, postmaster and director of several firms. John continued as postmaster but James became involved in the turbulent Irish Republican scene in the years after 1916, particularly complicated in ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Granier
Mark Granier born in London, England, is an Irish poet and photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. Poetry Ireland Review describes Granier as, "a poet of individual poems," poems that are, "perfectly operating verbal machines, which are their own fulfillment, with everything concentrated on the final, sealing line." Biography Mark Granier was born in London in 1957. He completed an MA in Poetry/Creative Writing with Lancaster University and has been teaching creative writing in University College Dublin for several years. He lives in Dublin with his wife and son. He has published five poetry collections: Airborne'Salmon Poetry 2001), The Sky Road' (Salmon Poetry, 2007), Fade Street' (Salt Publishing, 2010), Haunt' (Salmon Poetry, 2015), and Ghostlight: New & Selected Poems'Salmon Poetry 2017). He received five Arts Council bursaries, in 2002, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2021 (and a Covid 19 Response Award in 2020). Other awards include thVincent Buckley Poetry Prizein 2004 and The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronwyn Lea
Bronwyn Lea is a contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor. Biography Born in Tasmania, Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, moving to San Diego to study at California State University. She completed a PhD titled "The way into stone; To dwell in possibility: Social roles of the poet" at University of Queensland (UQ) in 2005 and as of 2021 is a full professor and head of the School of Communication and Arts at UQ. She was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council from 2005–2008. Lea appeared in two events at the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Published works Poetry * ''The Deep North: A selection of poems'' (George Braziller, 2013) *''The Other Way Out''. (Giramondo Publishing, 2008) * ''The Wooden Cat and Other Poems''. (Picaro P, 2003) * ''Flight Animals''. (University of Queensland Press, 2001) Series Editor (with Martin Duwell) * '' The Best Australian Poetry''. University of Queensland Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wheatley (poet)
David Wheatley (born 1970) is an Ireland, Irish poet and critic. He was born in Dublin and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited ''Icarus (magazine), Icarus''. Wheatley is the author of four volumes of poetry with Gallery Press, as well as several chapbooks. He has also edited the work of James Clarence Mangan, and features in the Bloodaxe anthology ''The New Irish Poets'' (Bloodaxe, 2005), and the ''Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol. 1'' (Wake Forest UP, 2005). He teaches at the University of Aberdeen, having previously taught at Hull. He has been shortlisted twice for the Poetry Now Award (2007, 2018), and was awarded The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, in 2008. Bibliography Poetry ;Collections * ''Thirst'' (Gallery Press, 1997) Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. *''Misery Hill'' (Gallery Press, 2000) *''Three-Legged Dog'' (with Caitriona o'reilly, Caitriona O'Reilly; Wild Honey Press, 2002) *''Mocker'' (Gallery Press, 2006) *''Architexts'' (with Cliff Forshaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Gamble
Miriam Gamble (born 1980) is a poet who won the Eric Gregory Award in 2007 and the Somerset Maugham Award in 2011. She lives in Scotland and works as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Life and career Miriam Gamble was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1980 and grew up in Belfast in Northern Ireland. She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and Modern Literary Studies at Queen's University of Belfast where she also received her phD in Form, Genre and Lyric Subjectivity in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry. She moved to Scotland in 2010 and began teaching creative writing at the University of Edinburgh in 2012. Her first collection of poems called, ''The Squirrels Are Dead'' was published in 2010 by Bloodaxe Books. Gamble's second collection, ''Pirate Music'', was also published by Bloodaxe Books. Her third, ''What Planet'', was published by Bloodaxe in May 2019 and received the 2020 Pigott Poetry Prize. Awards and nominations *2007 - Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Buckley
Vincent Thomas Buckley (8 July 1925 – 12 November 1988) was an Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic. Life Buckley was born in 1925 in Romsey, Victoria to Patrick Buckley, a carter and sometime farm labourer, and his wife Frances Margaret Buckley, née Condonto. He attended St Patrick’s College in East Melbourne. living in a dormitory. In 1942, Buckley worked for eight months as a clerk in the Commonwealth Department of Supply and Shipping. On 13 December 1943, Buckley enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, where he served as a recorder. On 5 February 1945, after spending several months in a military hospital in Sydney, he was discharged due to a disability. In 1946, Buckley entered University of Melbourne and on 12 July 1947, he married Edna Jean Forbes. The couple had two daughters and later divorced. In 1950, Buckley received a bachelor's degree from the university and in 1951 started teaching English there. In 1954, Buckley was awarded a master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Disney
Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia * Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible ** Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan * Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China Places * Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan * Dan, Israel, a kibbutz * Dan, subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand * Dan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dan River (other) * Danzhou, formerly Dan County, China * Gush Dan, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel Organizations * Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom * Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel *Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel *Dan the Tire Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harpur
James Harpur (born 1956) is a British-born Irish poet who has published eight books of poetry. He has won a number of awards, including the Michael Hartnett Award and the UK National Poetry Competition. He has also published books of non-fiction and a novel, ''The Pathless Country''. He lives in West Cork and is a member of Aosdána, the Irish academy of the arts. Biography James Harpur was born in Britain in 1956 to an Irish father and a British mother and now lives near Clonakilty in County Cork. His father was born in Timahoe, County Laois, the son of a Church of Ireland minister, and his mother was born in Le Vésinet, Paris. Harpur studied Classics and English at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a joint-winner of the Powell Prize for Poetry. He taught English on the island of Crete and has subsequently worked as a lexicographer and freelance writer. Works Poetry Many of the poems of his first collection, ''A Vision of Comets'', take their inspiration from his t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
