Patrick Deeley
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Patrick Deeley (born 1953) is an Irish poet.
Patrick Deeley was born in Mullagh, Loughrea, County Galway.[1][2][3] His poems have been widely published and anthologised in Ireland and abroad over the past forty years, and translated to French, Italian, Spanish and other languages.[1][3] He has received awards, including the inaugural Dermot Healy Poetry Prize and the 2019 Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Prize for Poetry.[1] His works of fiction for younger readers include The Lost Orchard, winner of the Eilís Dillon Award in 2001.[1][3] His bestselling memoir, The Hurley Maker's Son, was published by Doubleday Ireland/Transworld and shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year Award.[1] He formerly worked as a primary school principal in Dublin.[1][2] In the 1980s, Deeley was on the council of Poetry Ireland.[3]
Awards
[edit]- 2024 The poem 'Human' shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the poem 'Keepsake' highly commended in the Forward Prize.
- 2020 Seventh collection of poems The End of the World shortlisted for The Farmgate Café National Poetry Award
- 2019 Winner of The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry from the University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 2017 Prize-winner in both The Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Award and The Shirley McClure Poetry Competition
- 2016 Bestselling Memoir The Hurley Maker’s Son shortlisted for The Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award.
- 2015 Winner of the WOW2! Poetry Award
- 2015 Featured in Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2015 selected by Robert Atwan
- 2014 Winner of The Dermot Healy International Poetry Prize
- 2012 Prize-winner Listowel Writers’ Week Single Poem Competition
- 2010 Prize-winner Gregory O Donoghue International Poetry Competition
- 2008 Prize-winner The Padraic Fallon Poetry Competition
- 2001 Winner of The Éilís Dillon Award and a Bisto Award for a First Children’s Book
- 1999 ‘Woodman’ chosen as one of Ireland’s 100 Favourite Poems in an Irish Times survey
- 1997 Atlanta Review International Merit Award
- 1988 Twelve poems presented on The Poet’s Eye, RTE TV
- 1981 Runner-up and Merit Award winner, The Patrick Kavanagh Competition
Bibliography
[edit]- Intimate Strangers (1986)
- Names for Love (1990)
- Turane: The Hidden Village (1995)
- Decoding Samara (2000)
- The Lost Orchard (2001)
- The Bones of Creation (2008).
- Territoire (2010)
- Groundswell: New and Selected Poems (2013)
- The Hurley Maker's Son(2015)
- The End of the World (2019)
- Keepsake (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Contemporary Irish Poetry Featured Writer: Patrick Deeley". Rochford Street Review. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b O'Brien, George (9 April 2016). "The Hurley Maker's Son by Patrick Deeley review: The making of a poet". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Nine Poems by Patrick Deeley". The Galway Review. 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Archived homepage
- Short article and poem by Deeley at The Parlour Review
- Irish Writers Online: Patrick Deeley (archived)
- Video interview at the Galway Review
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