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Michael Smith (born 1942) is an Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 poet, author and translator. He was one of the founders of New Writers Press
New Writers Press

New Writers Press is an Ireland small Printing press that specialises in poetry publishing. The press was founded in 1967 by the poets Michael Smith and Trevor Joyce and Smith's wife Irene Smith in response to what they felt to be the stagnant state of Irish poetry at the time....
 in Dublin (together with Trevor Joyce
Trevor Joyce

Trevor Joyce is an Ireland poet, born in Dublin.He co-founded New Writers' Press in Dublin in 1967 and was a founding editor of NWP's The Lace Curtain; A Magazine of Poetry and Criticism in 1968....
). He is possibly most noted for his works on James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan

James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan was an Irish poetry....
, as well as his Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 to English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 poetry translations. He regularly contributes articles for the literature section of The Irish Times
The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet news paper launched in the late 1850s. The current editor is Geraldine Kennedy, who succeeded Conor Brady in 2002....
. In 2001, he took the European Academy Medal for his work in the translation of poetry. This was awarded by the European Academy of Poetry.






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Michael Smith (born 1942) is an Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 poet, author and translator. He was one of the founders of New Writers Press
New Writers Press

New Writers Press is an Ireland small Printing press that specialises in poetry publishing. The press was founded in 1967 by the poets Michael Smith and Trevor Joyce and Smith's wife Irene Smith in response to what they felt to be the stagnant state of Irish poetry at the time....
 in Dublin (together with Trevor Joyce
Trevor Joyce

Trevor Joyce is an Ireland poet, born in Dublin.He co-founded New Writers' Press in Dublin in 1967 and was a founding editor of NWP's The Lace Curtain; A Magazine of Poetry and Criticism in 1968....
). He is possibly most noted for his works on James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan

James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan was an Irish poetry....
, as well as his Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 to English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 poetry translations. He regularly contributes articles for the literature section of The Irish Times
The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet news paper launched in the late 1850s. The current editor is Geraldine Kennedy, who succeeded Conor Brady in 2002....
. In 2001, he took the European Academy Medal for his work in the translation of poetry. This was awarded by the European Academy of Poetry. In 2005, he was elected as a member of Aosdána
Aosdána

Aosd?na is an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts. It was created in 1981 on the initiative of a group of writers and with support from the Arts Council of Ireland....
.

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