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Paul Durcan (b. 16 October 1944, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
) is a contemporary 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...
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Paul Durcan (b. 16 October 1944, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
) is a contemporary 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
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
.

Life and Works

His main published collections include: A Snail in my Prime, Crazy About Women, Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil and Cries of an Irish Caveman. He appeared on the 1990 Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
 album Enlightenment
Enlightenment (album)

Enlightenment is an album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1990 . It reached #5 in the UK charts and Real Real Gone charted at #18 in Mainstream Rock Tracks....
, giving an idiosyncratic vocal performance on the song, "In The Days Before Rock'n'Roll", which he also co-wrote.

In 2003, he published a collection of his weekly addresses to the nation, Paul Durcan's Diary, on RTÉ Radio I program Today with Pat Kenny
Pat Kenny

Patrick "Pat" Kenny is a veteran Presenter in Republic of Ireland. He is the current presenter of The Late Late Show on RT? One and Today with Pat Kenny on RT? Radio 1 on weekdays between 10:00 and 12:00 midday....
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He is 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....
.

Awards

  • 1974 Patrick Kavanagh Award
  • 1989 Irish American Cultural Institute Poetry Award
  • 1990 The Whitebread Prize (Daddy, Daddy)
  • London Poetry Book Society choice for The Berlin Wall Café


Poetry books

  • Endsville, with Brian Lynch (New Writers' Press, 1967)
  • O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor (Anna Livia Press, 1975)
  • Sam's Cross (Profile Press, 1978)
  • Teresa's Bar (The Gallery Press, 1976; revised edition, The Gallery Press, 1986)
  • Jesus, Break his Fall (The Raven Arts Press, 1980)
  • Ark of the North (Raven Arts Press, 1982)
  • The Selected Paul Durcan (edited by Edna Longley, The Blackstaff Press, 1982)
  • Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela (Raven Arts Press/Carcanet New Press, 1983)
  • The Berlin Wall Café (The Blackstaff Press, 1985)
  • Going Home to Russia (The Blackstaff Press, 1987)
  • Daddy, Daddy (The Blackstaff Press, 1990)
  • Crazy About Women (The National Gallery of Ireland, 1991)
  • A Snail in My Prime. New and Selected Poems, (The Harvill Press /The Blackstaff Press, 1993)
  • Give Me Your Hand (MacMillan, 1994)
  • Christmas Day (The Harvill Press, 1997)
  • Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil(The Harvill Press, 1999)
  • Cries of an Irish Caveman (The Harvill Press, 2001)
  • The Art of Life (The Harvill Press, 2004)
  • The Laughter of Mothers (The Harvill Press, 2007)


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