Thomas McCarthy (born 1954) is an
IrishIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
poet, novelist, and critic, born in
CappoquinCappoquin is a small town in west County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 national secondary road and the R669 regional road. It is positioned on a sharp 90 degree bend in the river and nestles at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains...
, Co. Waterford, Ireland and educated at University College, Cork. Former Editor of The Cork Review and Poetry Ireland Review. He has published seven collections of poetry with Anvil Press Poetry, London, including
The Sorrow Garden,
The Lost Province,
Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, and
Merchant Prince.
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Thomas McCarthy (born 1954) is an
IrishIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
poet, novelist, and critic, born in
CappoquinCappoquin is a small town in west County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 national secondary road and the R669 regional road. It is positioned on a sharp 90 degree bend in the river and nestles at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains...
, Co. Waterford, Ireland and educated at University College, Cork. Former Editor of The Cork Review and Poetry Ireland Review. He has published seven collections of poetry with Anvil Press Poetry, London, including
The Sorrow Garden,
The Lost Province,
Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, and
Merchant Prince. The main themes of his poetry are Southern Irish politics, love and memory. He is also the author of two novels;
Without Power and
Asya and Christine. He is married with two children and lives in Cork City where he works in the City Libraries. His won the
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry AwardThe Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award is an Irish poetry award. It is for a collection of poems by an authour who has not previously been published in collected form. It is confined to poets, born in the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or a long term resident in Ireland...
in 1977.
Poetry
- 1978 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine, edited by Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein, first published...
: The First Convention, Dolmen Press, Dublin
- 1981 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published.* First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published....
: The Sorrow Garden, Anvil Press, London
- 1984 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....
: The Non-Aligned Storyteller, Anvil Press, London
- 1989 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...
: Seven Winters in Paris, Anvil Press, London
- 1996 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...
: The Lost Province, Anvil Press, London
- 1999 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"* The Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is established at the...
: Mr Dineen’s Careful Parade: New and Selected Poems, Anvil Press, London
- 2005 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...
: Merchant Prince, Anvil Press, London
Fiction
- 1990 in literature
The year 1990 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*J. K. Rowling gets the idea for Harry Potter while on a train ride from Manchester to London. She says "I was staring out the window, and the idea for Harry just came. He appeared in my mind's eye, very fully formed...
: Without Power, Poolbeg Press, Dublin
- 1993 in literature
The year 1993 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Professor Stephen Hawking's book, A Brief History of Time, becomes the longest running book on the bestseller list of The Sunday Times....
: Asya and Christine, Poolbeg Press, Dublin
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