Aidan Carl Matthews
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Aidan Mathews, sometimes Aidan Carl Mathews, (born 1956) is an Irish poet
, dramatist and author
born in Dublin.
, Dublin and University College Dublin
and holds an MA from Trinity College Dublin. He works as a drama producer in RTÉ Radio
. Mathews has taught English at St. Louis High School, Rathmines and at Belvedere College
, Dublin. His poetry and short stories have been included in many anthologies. He lives in County Dublin
.
Mathews won the Irish Times Award in 1974; The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
in 1976; the Macauley Fellowship in 1978-9, the Ina Coolbrith Poetry Prize in 1981; and an Academy of American Poets Award in 1982.
Poetry
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, dramatist and author
Author
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born in Dublin.
Life
He was educated at Gonzaga CollegeGonzaga College
Gonzaga College is a private Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland , under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus . Founded in 1950, the curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including Latin and Greek at junior cycle and the opportunity...
, Dublin and University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
and holds an MA from Trinity College Dublin. He works as a drama producer in RTÉ Radio
RTÉ Radio
RTÉ Radio is a department of Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Radio broadcasts four analogue channels and five digital channels....
. Mathews has taught English at St. Louis High School, Rathmines and at Belvedere College
Belvedere College
Belvedere College SJ is a private secondary school for boys located on Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland. It is also known as St. Francis Xavier's College....
, Dublin. His poetry and short stories have been included in many anthologies. He lives in County Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...
.
Mathews won the Irish Times Award in 1974; The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award is an Irish poetry award for a collection of poems by an author who has not previously been published in collected form. It is confined to poets born on the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or a long-term resident of Ireland. It is based on an open...
in 1976; the Macauley Fellowship in 1978-9, the Ina Coolbrith Poetry Prize in 1981; and an Academy of American Poets Award in 1982.
Poetry books
- Windfalls (The Dolmen PressDolmen PressThe Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. A printing division was opened in the late 1950s as an additional revenue source, and was eventually shut down in 1979...
, 1977) - Minding Ruth (The Gallery Press, 1983)
- According to the Small Hours (Jonathan CapeJonathan CapeJonathan Cape was a London-based publisher founded in 1919 as "Page & Co" by Herbert Jonathan Cape , formerly a manager at Duckworth who had worked his way up from a position of bookshop errand boy. Cape brought with him the rights to cheap editions of the popular author Elinor Glyn and sales of...
, 1998)
Plays
- The Diamond Body (Project Theatre, Dubin)
- Entrance, Exit (The Peacock Theatre, Dublin)
- Communion (The Peacock Theatre 2003)
Short fiction
- Adventures in a Bathyscope (Secker & Warburg, 1988)
- Lipstick on the Host (Secker & Warburg, 1992)
Editor
- Editor of Immediate Man: Cuimhni ar Chearbhall Ó Dalaigh, a tribute to Ireland's former President. ( Colin Smythe, 1983).