Matthew Sweeney
Matthew Sweeney (born 1951, Donegal, Ireland) is an Irish poet.
Life
He graduated from Gormanston College, Polytechnic of North London and University of Freiburg,[1] in 1979. He lives as a writer and poet.
He has had residencies at the University of East Anglia, and South Bank Centre, among many others.[2]
He lived in London for many years, until 2001, after which he lived in Timișoara, Romania, and Berlin. He now lives in Cork, Ireland.
Awards
- 1984: New Statesman Prudence Farmer Award
- 1987: Cholmondeley Award
- 1999: Arts Council Writers' Award
- 2007: T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist)
- 2008: Poetry Now Award (shortlist) for his collection, Black Moon.
- 2011: The Steven Kings Award
- 2012: Maria Elsa Authors and Poets Award
- 2014: Piggot Poetry Prize
Works
Poetry
- Inquisition Lane. Bloodaxe Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-78037148-1.
- Horse Music. Bloodaxe Books. 2013. ISBN 978-1-85224967-0.
- The Night Post. Salt Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1-84471-484-1.
- Black Moon. Jonathan Cape. 2007. ISBN 978-0-224-08092-7.
- Sanctuary. Cape. 2004. ISBN 978-0-224-07345-5.
- Selected Poems. Cape. 2002. ISBN 978-0-224-06212-1. (Canadian edition, A Picnic on Ice, Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2002)
- Up on the Roof: New and Selected Poems. Illustrator David Austen. Faber & Faber. 2001. ISBN 978-0-571-20728-2.
{{cite book}}: horizontal tab character in|others=at position 12 (help)CS1 maint: others (link) - A Smell of Fish. Cape. 2000. ISBN 978-0-224-06067-7.
- The Bridal Suite. Cape. 1997. ISBN 978-9984-510-75-0.
- Cacti. Secker & Warburg. 1992. ISBN 978-0-436-50842-4.
- Blue Shoes. Secker & Warburg. 1989.
- The Lame Waltzer. Allison & Busby. 1985. ISBN 978-0-85031-644-5.
- A Round House. Allison & Busby. 1983. ISBN 978-0-906897-66-9.
- A Dream of Maps. Dublin: Raven Arts Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-906897-17-1.
Editor
- Irish Poems. Macmillan. 2005. ISBN 978-0-333-98748-3.
- The New Faber Book of Children's Verse. Faber. 2001. ISBN 978-0-571-21905-6.
- Ken Smith, Matthew Sweeney, Felix Post, ed. (1997). Beyond Bedlam: Poems Written out of Mental Distress. Anvil Press Poetry. ISBN 978-0-85646-296-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - Jo Shapcott, Matthew Sweeney, ed. (1996). Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times. Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-17207-8.
Novel
- Death Comes For The Poets (satirical crime novel, cowritten with John Hartley Williams). MUS. 2012. ISBN 978-0-957213609.
Criticism
- Writing Poetry (Teach Yourself series, with John Hartley Williams). McGraw-Hill. 2008. ISBN 978-0071602501.
References
- ^ Matthew Sweeney at poetry Foundation.
- ^ Matthew Sweeney at British Council, Literature.
