White House Poetry Revival Wed 28th Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival

Wed 28th Nov 2007 9.00pm

This weeks guest is Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa

Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa was born in Ballineen in West Cork. His collections are Faoi Léigear (Baile Átha Cliath, An Clóchomhar Tta., 1980); Mearcair (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim), which won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge National Poetry Prize in 1996; and An Dara Bás (Coiscéim, 2002), which won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge National Poetry Prize in 2002. Among his other publications is Tóraíocht an Mhíshonais (The Pursuit of Unhappiness), an Irish language introduction to Freud and Jung (Coiscéim, 1997). He is current editor of the Irish language literary monthly, Feasta. He lives in Tralee.

The White House Poets acknowledge the assistance of the Arts Council of Ireland.

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