Philip Casey Explained

Philip Casey
Birth Name:	Philip Casey
Birth Date:	1950
Birth Place:	London, England
Death Date:	2018
Death Place:	Dublin

Philip Casey (1950-2018) was an Irish poet and novelist.

Life

Philip Casey was born in London on 27 June 1950. His parents were from County Laois and County Sligo and they returned to live in County Wexford, Ireland. After spending some years in Barcelona, Casey lived most of his adult life in Dublin.^{[1] [2]}

He wrote both poems and novels. He also reviewed poems for the Irish Press.^[3]

He died in Dublin in 2018.^[4]

He was a member of Aosdana.

Works

Poetry

• Those Distant Summers (Raven Arts Press, 1980)
• After Thunder (Raven Arts Press, 1985)
• The Year of the Knife (Raven Arts Press, 1995)
• Dialogue in Fading Light (New Island Books, 2006)
• Tried and Sentenced. Selected poems (eMaker Editions, 2014)

Novels

• The Fabulists (Lilliput Press, 1995)
• The Water Star (Picador, 1999)
• The Fisher Child (Picador, 2001)
• The Coupla

Awards

• Member, Aosdána

See also

• List of Irish writers

References

1. News: Irish author Philip Casey has died aged 67 . The Irish Times . 5 February 2018 . 25 September 2020.
2. News: Tributes pour in for much-loved writer Philip Casey (67) . The Irish Times . 25 September 2020.
3. News: Tributes pour in for much-loved writer Philip Casey (67) . The Irish Times . 25 September 2020.
4. Web site: Tributes pour in for poet Philip Casey . Irish Independent . 10 February 2018 . 25 September 2020.