Maurice Riordan (born 1953) is an Irish poet, translator, and editor.
Maurice Riordan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 Lisgoold, County Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
| Notable works | T. S. Eliot Prize; Floods (2000) |
Born in Lisgoold, County Cork, his poetry collections include: A Word from the Loki (1995), a largely London-based collection which was a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize; Floods (2000) which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award;[1] The Holy Land (2007) which contains a sequence of Idylls or prose poems. It received the Michael Hartnett Award.[2]
Riordan was educated in St. Colman's College, Fermoy, University College Cork and McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.[citation needed] In 2004 he was selected as one of the Poetry Society's 'Next Generation' poets.[3] He was Poetry Editor of Poetry London from 2005 to 2009 [4] and Editor of The Poetry Review from 2013 to 2017.[5]
Riordan has worked as an anthology editor and literary translator in addition to writing. His collection for children The Moon Has Written You a Poem is adapted from the Portuguese of José Jorge Letria.[6] He has taught at Goldsmiths College and at Imperial College and is Emeritus Professor of Poetry at Sheffield Hallam University. He lives in London.[citation needed]
Publications
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Poetry collections
edit- A Word from the Loki, Faber 1995
- Floods, Faber 2000
- The Holy Land, Faber 2007
- The Water Stealer, Faber 2013
- Shoulder Tap, Faber 2021
For children
edit- The Moon Has Written You a Poem, Winged Chariot 2005
As editor
edit- A Quark for Mister Mark (with Jon Turney), Faber 2000
- Wild Reckoning (with John Burnside), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2004
- The Best of Irish Poetry (with Colm Breathnach), Southword 2006
- Dark Matter: Poems of Space (with Jocelyn Bell Burnell), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2008
- Hart Crane: Selected Poems, Faber 'Poet to Poet' 2008
- The Finest Music: Early Irish Lyrics in Translation, Faber 2014
Translations
edit- Confidential Reports (Immanuel Mifsud), Southword 2005
- The Play of Waves (Immanuel Mifsud), Arc 2017
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Limerick.ie | The Official Guide to Limerick, Ireland". Lcc.ie. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Next generation poets 2004 | Books | The Guardian". Books.guardian.co.uk. 4 June 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Maurice Riordan". Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "The Poetry Society" (PDF). The Poetry Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Maurice Riordan". Ricorso.net. Retrieved 9 April 2016.