Patrick Cotter is an Irish poet based in
Cork city. Born in 1963, he has published several collections of poetry. He is currently the artistic director of the
Munster Literature Centre
The Munster Literature Centre is a non-profit arts organisation based in Cork city, Ireland. It was founded in 1993 to support the promotion and development of literature in the Munster region. Amongst its activities, the Munster Literature Centre ...
.
Cotter studied at
University College Cork. In 1984 he was shortlisted for a Hennessy New Irish Writing prize, and four years later, was runner-up in the
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award is an Irish poetry award for a collection of poems by an author who has not previously been published in collected form. It is confined to poets born on the island of Ireland, or who have Irish nationality, or are ...
. In 2013, he received the
Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry for the poem, "Madra".
Publications
* ''The Misogynist’s Blue Nightmare'' (Raven Arts Press)
* ''A Socialist’s Dozen'' (Three Spires Press)
* ''The True Story of Aoife and Lir’s Children & other poems'' (Three Spires Press).
* ''Perplexed Skin'' (Arlen Press, 2008)
* ''Making Music'' (Three Spires Press, 2009)
* ''Moosebeetle Swallow'', translations of the Estonian poet Andres Ehin (Southword Editions 2005).
* ''Sonic White Poise'' (Dedalus Press, Dublin 2021)
References
1963 births
Irish male poets
Writers from Cork (city)
Living people
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