John F. Deane papers

Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013

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Seamus Heaney, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in April 1939, the eldest of nine children. His father owned and worked a small farm in County Derry in Northern Ireland. At the age of twelve he won a scholarship to St. Columb's College, a Catholic boarding school situated in the city of Derry, From 1957 he lived in Belfast, moving in 1972 to the Irish Republic, where he now lives. His poems first came to public attention in the mid-1960s when he was active as one of a gro...

Beckett, Samuel Barclay, 1906-1989

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was born on Good Friday, April 13, 1906, in Foxrock, Ireland, near Dublin. He studied modern languages at Trinity College in Dublin and graduated in 1927. The following year, Beckett went to Paris, where he quickly became acquainted with a group of avant-garde artists, including James Joyce. There, Beckett taught English at the École Normale Superieure in Paris for two years before returning to Trinity College to teach French in 1930. He left Trinity College after one year...

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Gibbon, Monk, 1896-1987

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Irish author Monk Gibbon produced a diverse and eclectic body of work, including poems, travel books, novels, biography, and several volumes of autobiography. He knew Yeats, and is best known for his unflattering portrayal of the Irish poet in his study, The Masterpiece and the Man, Yeats as I Knew Him, which generated a storm of controversy. He also taught in England, Ireland, Wales, and Switzerland. From the description of Monk Gibbon letter to Ellis Roberts and printed ballad, 193...

Williams, C.K. (Charles Kenneth), 1936-

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Graecen, Robert, 1920-

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Montague, John Stanley

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Montague was a prominent member of the Carthage mob that would murder Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, according to Sheriff Backenstos; see History of the Church VII: 144. From the description of John Montague (Carthage mob member) promissory note, 1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368052121 This fonds relates to The Dolmen Miscellany Of Irish Writing, originally to be entitled The Tower, which was proposed after a poetry reading in February 1961. The Irish Academy of Lett...

Berrigan, Daniel.

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Daniel Berrigan is a Catholic priest associated with peace and social justice movements throughout his life. A believer in non-violent civil disobedience, he has been arrested and imprisoned numerous times. He is most noted for his leadership of opposition to the Viet Nam war, but his work did not begin or end there. From the description of Daniel Berrigan scrapbook, 1930-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64692915 The brothers Daniel Berrigan (born 1921...

Dedalus Press

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Deane, John F., 1943-....

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Irish poet, author and editor. John Deane was born on Achill Island in Ireland in 1943. He founded the organization Poetry Ireland in 1978 and launched The Poetry Ireland review a year later. In 1984, Deane established the Dedalus Press. From the description of John F. Deane papers, 1971-2000. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 52751555 ...

Durcan, Paul, 1944-....

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Hamburger, Michael.

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Michael Hamburger, the poet, translator, and literary critic, was born in Berlin in 1924 into a German-Jewish family which emigrated to England in 1933. He read Modern Languages at Christ Church, Oxford, although his studies were interrupted by war service from 1943-1947. After the war he held posts at University College, London and the University of Reading. From 1964 onwards he was a guest lecturer and visiting professor at various American universities, but mostly devoted himself to freelance...

Kell, Richard

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Odriscoll, Dennis

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Deane, John F., 1943-....

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Irish poet, author and editor. John Deane was born on Achill Island in Ireland in 1943. He founded the organization Poetry Ireland in 1978 and launched The Poetry Ireland review a year later. In 1984, Deane established the Dedalus Press. From the description of John F. Deane papers, 1971-2000. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 52751555 ...

Ennis, John, 1944-....

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Kinsella, Thomas E.

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Thomas Kinsella (1928- ), Irish poet and professor of English at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. (1970-1990), was director of Dolmen Press and founder of Peppercanister Press in Dublin. From the description of Thomas Kinsella papers, 1951-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557049 Thomas Kinsella, poet, scholar, publisher and Irish civil servant, was born and educated in Dublin. Kinsella initially worked in several posts in the Irish Civil Service and then was poet-...

Bosquet, Alain, 1919-1998

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Daly, Padraig J.

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Larkin, Philip

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English author Philip Larkin was born in Coventry and educated at Oxford. Within a few years of graduation, he had published two novels and a volume of poetry. His verse was technically accomplished and quite readable; despite a remarkably small output, he became one of the most highly-regarded poets of the 20th century. He was equally popular with critics and his loyal public, successfully producing accessible verse with a uniquely English voice that remained true to classical tradition. Shy an...

Poetry Ireland (Group)

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Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997

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The interview took place at Wells College, New York. From the description of Audio interviews with poet Denise Levertov by Clive Scott Chisholm : sound recordings, 1973 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864806 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Denise Levertov and her husband, Mitchell Goodman. From the description of Letters, 1965-1976, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871475 ...

Milne, Ewart, 1903-

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Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-

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Irish poet. From the description of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill papers, 1974-2000. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 37494708 ...

Mahon, Derek, 1941-....

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Derek Mahon (1941- ), poet, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. From the description of Derek Mahon papers, circa 1948-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122503847 Irish poet Derek Mahon met Louis Asekoff in the early 1960s while they were students at Trinity College in Dublin. Louis Asekoff (1939- ), poet and educator, currently coordinates the M.F.A. Program in Poetry at Brooklyn College. His poems have appeared in many magazines, including THE NEW YORKER, POETRY, TIKKUN,...