Anthony Cronin
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| Anthony Cronin | |
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 Anthony Cronin, by Patrick Swift, 1950 |
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| Born | 1928 Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | University College Dublin |
Anthony Cronin (born 1928 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford) is an Irish poet. He received the Marten Toonder Award (1983) for his contribution to Irish literature.
He is a founding member of Aosdána, was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 2003 and is a member of its governing body, the Toscaireacht.
He lives in Dublin and contributes to the Sunday Independent.
[edit] Bibliography
His collections of poems include:
- Poems (London, Cresset, 1958);
- Collected Poems, 1950-73 (Dublin, New Writers Press, 1973);
- Reductionist Poem (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1980);
- 41 Sonnet Poems (Raven Arts Press, 1982);
- RMS Titanic (Raven Arts Press, 1981);
- New and Selected Poems (Raven Arts Press/Manchester, Carcanet, 1982);
- The End of the Modern World (1989);
- Relationships (Dublin, New Island Press, 1992); and
- Minotaur (New Island Books, 1999).
Novels:
- The Life of Riley (Knopf, 1964).
Literary Criticism:
- No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan). New Island Books, 2003. ISBN 1-904301-37-1
- A Question of Modernity, Secker & Warburg, 1966; a collection of critical essays by Cronin.
- He has contributed critical essays to Envoy, The Bell (magazine), Time and Tide (magazine), Nimbus, ‘X’ magazine and the Irish Independent among others.
Memoirs:
- Dead as Doornails (Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1976)
- Essays on Patrick Swift: Patrick Swift 1927-83, Gandon Editions, 1993; IMMA 1993 Patrick Swift Retrospective Catalogue.
Biography:
- Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist (HarperCollins, 1996)
Editor:
- The Bell (magazine), 1951-2
- Time and Tide (magazine), literary editor in the mid 1950s
