Patrick Cotter (poet)

Patrick Cotteris an Irish poet based inCork city.Born in 1963, he has published several collections of poetry. He is currently the artistic director of theMunster Literature Centre.

Cotter studied atUniversity College Cork.In 1984 he was shortlisted for a Hennessy New Irish Writing prize, and four years later, was runner-up in thePatrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.In 2013, he received theKeats-Shelley Prize for Poetryfor the poem, "Madra".

Publications

• The Misogynist’s Blue Nightmare(Raven Arts Press)
• A Socialist’s Dozen(Three Spires Press)
• The True Story of Aoife and Lir’s Children & other poems(Three Spires Press).
• Perplexed Skin(Arlen Press, 2008)
• Making Music(Three Spires Press, 2009)
• Moosebeetle Swallow,translations of the Estonian poet Andres Ehin (Southword Editions 2005).
• Sonic White Poise(Dedalus Press, Dublin 2021)