Paula Meehan

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Paula Meehan

Paula Meehan, born in 1955, is an Irish poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
, playwright
Playwright

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, and teacher
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Paula Meehan, born in 1955, is an Irish poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
, playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
, and teacher
Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
.

Biography
Born in Dublin, Meehan studied at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent residential college of the University of Dublin....
,and at Eastern Washington University
Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University is a public comprehensive state university. The main campus is located in Cheney, Washington and has a branch campus in Spokane, Washington, Washington....
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Works

Poetry

Six Sycamores. With Marie Foley, sculpture and drawings. Belfast: Crowquill, 2004
Three Irish Poets: an anthology. Paula Meehan, Mary O’Malley, Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland is an Ireland poet....
, edited by Eavan Boland. Manchester, Carcanet, 2003
Dharmakaya, Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press, 2002
The Man who was Marked by Winter. Cheney, WA: Eastern Washington University Press, 1994
Pillow Talk. Oldcastle, Co. Meath: Gallery Press, 1994.
Reading the Sky. Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland: Beaver Row Press, 1986.
Return and no Blame. Dublin, Ireland: Beaver Row Press, 1984.

Theatre

The Wolf of Winter, unpublished. First produced by the Abbey Company: Abbey Theatre of Dublin, 2003

Cell: a play in two parts for four actors and a voice. Dublin: New Island Books, 2000

Mrs. Sweeney, in Rough Magic: First Plays. Edited by Siobhan Bourke, New Island Books, Dublin 1999.

The Voyage, unpublished. Produced at The Ark, by the Team Educational Theatre Company of Dublin, 1997.

Kirkle. Unpublished. Dalkey School Project, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, 1995.

Awards

The Martin Toonder Award (1995)
The Butler Literary Award (1998)
Denis Devlin Award (2002)

External links
http://www.wfu.edu/wfupress