Pat Boran (born 1963) is an

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poet.

Biography

Born in

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, Boran has lived in

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for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press 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. Currently he is the presenter of "The Poetry Programme", a weekly half-hour poetry programme on

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, where he has interviewed poets such as

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, John Haynes, Gerry Murphy and

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. 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), with an introduction by the

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, was first published by Salt Publishing UK and was reissued in 2007 by Dedalus Press. ''Waveforms: Bull Island Haiku'', a book-length haiku sequence or ''rensaku'' that explores the interplay of flora, fauna and human activity on Dublin Bay's Bull Island was published in 2015 by Orange Crate Books. The book also features the author's own photographs. ''A Man Is Only As Good: A Pocket Selected Poems'' was published in 2017, also by Orange Crate Books. In 2019, he published the poetry collection ''Then Again'' (Dedalus Press, 2019). Volumes of his selected poems have appeared in Italian, Hungarian, Portuguese and Macedonian. His writers' handbook, ''The Portable Creative Writing Workshop'' (2005), is now in its fourth edition while his ''A Short History of Dublin'' (2000) is published by

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. In 2007, Boran was elected to the membership of

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, the Irish affiliation of artists and writers. In 2019, Boran co-edited a volume of poetry with Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, ''Writing Home:'' ''The New Irish Poets''.

Awards and honours

* 1989 - Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award * 2007 - Elected member of

* 2008 - Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry from the

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Works

Poetry books

*2019: ''Then Again'' (Dedalus Press) *2018: ''o sussurro da corda'' Selected poems in Portuguese translation by Francisco José Craveiro de Carvalho (ediçóes Eufeme) *2017: ''A Man Is Only As Good: A Pocket Selected Poems'' (Orange Crate Books, distributed by Dedalus Press) *2015: ''Waveforms: Bull Island Haiku'' (Orange Crate Books, via Dedalus press) *2012: ''The Next Life'' (Dedalus Press) * 2007: ''New and Selected Poems'' (Dedalus Press) * 2001: ''As the Hand, the Glove'' (Dedalus Press) * 1996: ''The Shape of Water'' (Dedalus Press) * 1993: ''Familiar Things'' (Dedalus Press) * 1990: ''History and Promise'' (IUP) * 1990: ''The Unwound Clock'' (Dedalus Press)

Anthologies

* 2014: ''If Ever You Go: A Map of Dublin in Poetry and Song'' (Dedalus Press), edited with Gerard Smyth. Dublin: One City, One Book designated title, 2014. * 2012: ''Airborne: Poetry from Ireland'' (Dedalus Press). Anthology of contemporary Irish poetry exclusive to iBooks platform. * 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

* 1998: ''All the Way from China'' (Poolbeg) * 1991: ''Strange Bedfellows'' (Salmon)

Non-fiction

* 2000: ''A Short History of Dublin'' (Mercier) * 2005: ''The Portable Creative Writing Workshop'' (New Island) * 2009: ''The Invisible Prison: Scenes from an Irish Childhood'' (Dedalus Press)

References

External links

Pat Boran's Web siteThe Invisible PrisonDedalus Press
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