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A renowned Irish poet will make his first visit to Aberdeen as part of his British Tour. Micheal O'Siadhail, winner of The Marten Toonder Prize and The Irish American Culture Institute Prize for Literature, will present a selection of his work to students and membersof the public at the free event.
O' Siadhail has published 12 collections of poetry including Tongues (2011), Globe (2007), Love Life (2005) and The Gossamer Wall (2002). He has given poetry readings and broadcast extensively in Ireland, Britain, Europe, North America and Japan.
In 1985, he was invited to give the Vernam Hull Lecture at Harvard and the Trumball Lecture at Yale University. He represented Ireland at the Poetry Society's European Poetry Festival in London in 1981 and at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1997.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the free reading and booking is not required.
- Speaker
- Micheal O'Siadhail
- Venue
- Room KGC8, King's Quadrangle, King's College, University of Aberdeen
- Contact
- t.greggs@abdn.ac.uk