Tony Curtis (born 1955) is an Irish poet.[1]
Tony Curtis | |
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 Curtis in 2018 | |
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University of Essex Trinity College Dublin |
Curtis was born in Dublin, and educated at the University of Essex and at Trinity College Dublin. In 1993 he won the Poetry Ireland/Friends Provident National Poetry Competition.[2] In 2018 he won the 2018 O'Shaughnessy Poetry Award presented by the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.[3] He also works in education under the Skagit River Poetry Project schools programme.[4]
Works
edit- The Shifting of Stones (1986)
- Behind the Green Curtain (1988)
- This Far North (1994)
- Three Songs of Home (1998)
- The Book of Winter Cures (2002)
- What Darkness Covers (2003)
- The Well in the Rain (2006)
- Days Like These (with Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan) (2008)
- Folk (2011)
- Sandworks (with the Irish photographer Liam Blake) (2011)
- An Elephant Called Rex (illustrated by Pat Mooney) (2011)
- Aran Currach (with the Irish photographer Liam Blake) (2013)
- Pony (with the artist David Lilburn) (2013)
- Approximately in the Key of C (2015)
- This Flight Tonight (2019)
- The Syncline (with the Irish photographer Liam Blake) (2021)
- Between The Tides (with the Irish photographer Liam Blake) (2021)
- On Gifting Black Feathers (2024)
References
edit- ^ Oak Harbor Library: Meet Irish Poet Tony Curtis Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aosdana Irish Arts Council
- ^ "Irish Poet Tony Curtis Receives 22nd O'Shaughnessy Award For Poetry | St. Thomas Newsroom". St. Thomas Newsroom. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Skagit River Poetry Festival Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of Aosdána members