Joan McBreen explained

Joan McBreen
Birth Date:	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

Joan McBreen was born in 1944.^[1] She qualified as a primary school teacher, and in 1997 was awarded an MA from University College, Dublin.

McBreen is involved with a number of literary festivals in Ireland. She has assisted at Yeats International Summer School and has been part of Clifden Arts Week, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which is held in Galway, and Listowel Writers’ Week. Since 2007 McBreen has been a Literary Advisor and Co-ordinator of the Oliver St. John Gogarty Literary 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

• 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

• The Long Light on the Land: Selected Poems (Castlebar: Ernest Lyons Prods. 2004)

External links

• Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Joan McBreen papers,1979-2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joan McBreen papers. 2 April 2008.
2. Web site: Untitled Document . Ricorso . 2019-10-11.
3. Web site: The White Page / An Bhileog Bhán . Joan McBreen . 2013-11-30 . 2019-10-11.
4. Web site: Holdings: The white page . Catalogue . 2019-10-11.
5. Web site: Winter in the Eye: New & Selected Poems.
6. News: Galway hospitals to take part in international literature festival . The Irish Times . 2013-03-21 . 2019-10-11.
7. Book: Joan McBreen papers, (Archival material, 1979) [WorldCat.org] . WorldCat.org . 1999-02-22 . 213387762 . 2019-10-11.
8. Web site: The Taste of Strawberries by Joan McBreen . Poetry Ireland . 2019-10-11.
9. Web site: Joan McBreen Poetry Reading and Reception . Wellesley College . 2018-10-18 . 2019-10-11.