New and Selected Poems

O'Driscoll Dennis

Dennis O'Driscoll is among the finest and most popular poets of his generation. "New and Selected Poems" shows him to be a poet of humanity and wit whose observant, rhythmically supple poetry is attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. One of the book's highlights is "The Bottom Line", a multi-voiced and multifaceted portrait of business managers and bureaucrats.

Closing with a generous selection of previously unpublished work, "New and Selected Poems" – which follows Dennis O'Driscoll's acclaimed "Exemplary Damages", chosen as a Book of the Year by Seamus Heaney in 2002 – makes for a compelling collection, wide in its appeal and yet imbued with a distinctive and often startling world-view.

About the Author

Dennis O'Driscoll (1954-2012) was born in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Apart from nine collections of poetry, books published during his lifetime included a selection of essays and reviews, "Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams" (2001), two collections of literary quotations and "Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney" (2008). Among his awards were a Lannan Literary Award in 1999, the 2005 E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the 2006 O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry from the Center for Irish Studies (Minnesota). A member of Aosdana, the Irish academy of artists, he worked for almost forty years in Ireland's Revenue and Customs service. He died on Christmas Eve, 2012.

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Awards won by Dennis O'Driscoll
Short-listed, 2001 Irish Times Literary Prize,Irish Poetry (Weather Permitting)
Winner, 2013 Irish Times Literary Prize, Irish Poetry (Dear Life)

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