Tony Curtis (Irish poet) explained
Tony Curtis (born 1955) is an Irish poet.[1]
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]
Curtis is a member of Aosdána.[5]
Works
- 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)
External links
Tony Curtis: Irish Poetry Reading Archive, UCD
Notes and References
- http://snooakharborlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/05/meet-irish-poet-tony-curtis.html Oak Harbor Library: Meet Irish Poet Tony Curtis
- http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Literature/Curtis.aspx?Cnuas=1 Aosdana Irish Arts Council
- News: Irish Poet Tony Curtis Receives 22nd O'Shaughnessy Award For Poetry St. Thomas Newsroom. 2018-04-24. St. Thomas Newsroom. 2018-11-14. en-US.
- http://www.skagitriverpoetry.org/bios.cfm Skagit River Poetry Festival
- http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members.aspx List of Aosdána members
