Vincent Woods (born 1960) is an

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and

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His life

Woods was born in

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. He studied Journalism in the College of Commerce, Rathmines. Woods lived in the

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and worked as a journalist with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), hosting ''The Arts Show'' on

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until 1989, and then ''Arts Tonight''. Woods' radio play, ''The Leitrim Hotel'', won the P. J. O'Connor award for radio drama, and he also won The Stewart Parker Award for Drama in 1993.

His works

His poetry collections include ''Lives and Miracles'' and ''The Colour of Language''. Woods is a member of

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. His playwriting credits include '' A Cry from Heaven'', ''At the Black Pig's Dyke'', ''John Hughdy and Tom John'', and ''Song of the Yellow Bittern''. He wrote songs for Irish singer

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for her album ''Petticoat Loose''. The songs are "Sanctuary", "Kiss the Moon" and "Petticoat Loose."

References

External links

A Lecture by Vincent Woods at Indiana University
1960 births Living people Aosdána members Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male poets Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish poets Writers from County Leitrim RTÉ newsreaders and journalists RTÉ Radio 1 presenters Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology {{Playwright-stub