Joan McBreen papers, 1979-2007.

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Joan McBreen papers, 1979-2007.

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The collection consists of the personal and literary papers of Joan McBreen from 1979-2007, documenting her career as a poet, anthology editor, and advocate for the increased awareness of Irish women poets. The papers include correspondence, writings by McBreen, writings by others, subject files, printed material, photographs, audiovisual material, and born digital material. Significant correspondents include Rand Brandes, Eamon Grennan, Anne Kennedy, David Mason, Medbh McGuckian, Joan Newmann, and Tom MacIntyre.

17.75 linear ft. (38 boxes, 2 oversized papers (OP), and 3 bound volumes (BV))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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McBreen, Joan, 1947-

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Joan McBreen, Irish poet and teacher, was born on September 10, 1947 in Sligo, Ireland to Bernard and Patricia Collery. She attended Sion Hill Froebel College of Education and the National University of Ireland, and in 1970 married Joe McBreen. In 1990, McBreen published her first volume of poetry, THE WIND BEYOND THE WALL. Subsequent volumes followed, including A WALLED GARDEN IN MOYLOUGH (1995), WINTER IN THE EYE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (2003), and HEATHER ISLAND (2009). McBreen earned a degre...

McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-....

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Medbh McGuckian was born in 1950 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University, Belfast, in 1972 and earned her Masters in Arts from the same institution two years later. McGuckian won the National Poetry Competition prize in 1979 for "The Flitting," and she published her first two collections of poetry, Single Ladies: Sixteen Poems and Portrait of Joanna, in 1980. Among her most recent collections are Had I a Thousand Lives, The Book of the Angel...

Mason, David, 1954-....

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Grennan, Eamon, 1941-....

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Eamon Grennan, Irish poet and professor, was born on November 13, 1941 in Dublin, Ireland, to Thomas P. and Evelyn Grennan. Grennan graduated with a B.A. from National University of Ireland in 1964, and a M.A. in 1964. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973. From 1974-2004, he taught English at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Grennan is married to Rachel Kitzinger and has three children. Grennan has published numerous volumes of poetry, including Wildly for Days (1983), ...

Kennedy, Anne, 1935-1998

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Brandes, Rand

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Rand Brandes, professor and critic, co-author of SEAMUS HEANEY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1959-2003, published in 2008. From the description of Seamus Heaney correspondence and manuscripts, 1990-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276360728 ...

Newmann, Joan, 1942-

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Mac Intyre, Tom, 1931-....

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