John F. Deane
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John F. Deane is an Irish
poet
and novelist. He founded Poetry Ireland and The Poetry Ireland Review in 1979.
and some fiction. He won the O’Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry, the Marten Toonder Award for Literature and poetry prizes from Italy and Romania. Deane was elected Secretary-General of the European Academy of Poetry in 1996. Shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot Prize
and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, he won residencies in Bavaria, Monaco and Paris. His latest poetry collection The Instruments of Art, Carcanet 2005; In Dogged Loyalty, essays on religious poetry, Columba 2006; latest fiction The Heather Fields and Other Stories, Blackstaff Press 2007. Deane's forthcoming poetry collection is A Little Book of Hours, Carcanet. He is a member of Aosdána, the body established by the Arts Council to honour artists “whose work had made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland”. In 2007, the French Government honoured him by making him Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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Ireland
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and novelist. He founded Poetry Ireland and The Poetry Ireland Review in 1979.
Career
Deane published several collections of poetryPoetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and some fiction. He won the O’Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry, the Marten Toonder Award for Literature and poetry prizes from Italy and Romania. Deane was elected Secretary-General of the European Academy of Poetry in 1996. Shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot Prize
T. S. Eliot Prize
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year. The Prize was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and in...
and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, he won residencies in Bavaria, Monaco and Paris. His latest poetry collection The Instruments of Art, Carcanet 2005; In Dogged Loyalty, essays on religious poetry, Columba 2006; latest fiction The Heather Fields and Other Stories, Blackstaff Press 2007. Deane's forthcoming poetry collection is A Little Book of Hours, Carcanet. He is a member of Aosdána, the body established by the Arts Council to honour artists “whose work had made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland”. In 2007, the French Government honoured him by making him Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...
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Poetry
- Christ, with Urban Fox, Daedalus Press, 1997
- Manhandling the Deity, Carcanet, 2003.
- Tocatta and Fugue: New and Selected Poems, Carcanet
- The Instruments of Art, Carcanet
- A Little Book of Hours, Carcanet, 2008.
- Eye of the Hare, Carcanet, 2011.
Novels
- In the Name of the Wolf,Blackstaff Press, 1999
- Undertow, Blackstaff Press, 2002
Short stories
- The Coffin Master, Blackstaff Press, 2002
- "The Heather Fields and Other Stories", Blackstaff Press, 2007