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This Selected Poems gathers together work published between 1991 and 2016 from collections that have been lauded, awarded and widely translated, collections that have gained a large audience and a considerable reputation, nationally and internationally, for one of Ireland's foremost poets and most distinctive voices. A great deal has changed in the world in the arc of time covered by these poems, and those changes are noted and considered by poems that are remarkable for their clear-eyed witness. Meehan's devotion to, and mastery of, her craft, has always been one of the key signatures of her work, as has been her immersion in her beloved native Dublin.
In her Selected Poems we see this and more - her uncompromising engagement with the politics of gender and class, her love of the natural world and her grief at what threatens it, her holistic and visionary impulse to bless the creation, to be grateful for her place in it.
- About The Author
- Paula Meehan was born in 1955 in Dublin where she still lives. She studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and in the US at Eastern Washington University. She has published seven collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Geomantic (2016), for which she received a Cholmondeley Award. Other awards and honours include the Butler Literary Award for Poetry presented by the Irish American Cultural Institute, the Marten Toonder Award for Literature, the Denis Devlin Award, The Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry, and the PPI Award for Radio Drama. Dedalus Press also publishes Music for Dogs, a collection of work for radio. A member of Aosdána, she was Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2013 to 2016.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781910251775
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dedalus Press, (01 October 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 387 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 139 x 23 mm
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