Joan McBreen
Joan McBreen | |
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| Born | 1944 |
| Nationality | Irish |
Joan McBreen(born 1944), is an Irish poet. Her work has been translated into many languages and appears in a number of anthologies.
Biography
[edit]Joan McBreen was born in 1944.[1]She qualified as a primary school teacher, and in 1997 was awarded an MA fromUniversity College, Dublin.
McBreen is involved with a number of literary festivals in Ireland. She has assisted atYeats International Summer Schooland has been part ofClifdenArts Week, theCúirt International Festival of Literature,which is held inGalway,andListowelWriters’ Week. Since 2007 McBreen has been a Literary Advisor and Co-ordinator of theOliver St. John GogartyLiterary Festival. She has also traveled to give readings and lectures in Illinois, Massachusetts, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Iowa, Alabama, Minnesota and Missouri.
McBreen lives in both Tuam and Renvyle, County Galway.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Bibliography
[edit]- The Wind Beyond the Wall(Brownsville: Story Line 1990), 52pp.
- A Walled Garden in Moylough(Galway: Salmon 1995)
- Winter in the Eye: New & Selected Poems(Cliffs of Moher: Salmon Poetry 2003)
- Heather Island(Cliffs of Moher: Salmon Press 2009)
- Map and Atlas(Salmon Poetry, 2017)
- The White Ban/An Bhileog Bhán(Galway: Salmon Poetry 2001)
- The Watchful Heart - A New Generation of Irish Poets: Poems & Essays(Moher: Salmonpoetry 2009)
Discography
[edit]- The Long Light on the Land: Selected Poems(Castlebar: Ernest Lyons Prods. 2004)
References and sources
[edit]- ^"Joan McBreen papers".2 April 2008.
- ^"Untitled Document".Ricorso.Retrieved11 October2019.
- ^"The White Page / An Bhileog Bhán".Joan McBreen.30 November 2013.Retrieved11 October2019.
- ^"Holdings: The white page".Catalogue.Retrieved11 October2019.
- ^"Winter in the Eye: New & Selected Poems".
- ^"Galway hospitals to take part in international literature festival".The Irish Times.21 March 2013.Retrieved11 October2019.
- ^Joan McBreen papers, (Archival material, 1979) [WorldCat.org].22 February 1999.OCLC213387762.Retrieved11 October2019– via WorldCat.org.
- ^"The Taste of Strawberries by Joan McBreen".Poetry Ireland.Retrieved11 October2019.
- ^"Joan McBreen Poetry Reading and Reception".Wellesley College.18 October 2018.Retrieved11 October2019.
External links
[edit]- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library,Emory University:Joan McBreen papers,1979-2007
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