Mark Granier born inLondon,England, is anIrish poet and photographer based in Dublin, Ireland.[1]Poetry Ireland Review describes Granier as, "a poet of individual poems," poems that are, "perfectly operating verbal machines, which are their own fulfillment, with everything concentrated on the final, sealing line."[2]
Mark Granier was born inLondon in 1957. He completed an MA in Poetry/Creative Writing withLancaster University and has been teaching creative writing inUniversity College Dublin for several years. He lives inDublin with his wife and son.
He has published five poetry collections:Airborne (Salmon Poetry, 2001),The Sky Road (Salmon Poetry, 2007),Fade Street (Salt Publishing, 2010),Haunt (Salmon Poetry, 2015), andGhostlight: New & Selected Poems (Salmon Poetry, 2017). He received fiveArts Council bursaries, in 2002, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2021 (and a Covid 19 Response Award in 2020). Other awards include theVincent Buckley Poetry Prize in 2004 andThe Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Poetry Fellowship in 2011 and 2016.[3]
The Irish Times describes Granier'sFade Street, in which the title poem is a reflection on aVictorian era photograph, as "ekphrastic."[1] In its review ofFade Street,Poetry Ireland Review, describes Granier as, "well-known for his visual sense."[2]
Mark Granier's photography work includes portraits of some well-known writers and performers such asAllen Ginsberg andJo Brand. Apart from furnishing the cover photography for his four poetry collections, he has done cover work for a number of publishers, includingFaber & Faber,The O’Brien Press, Salmon Poetry,Poetry Ireland Review andThe Stinging Fly. The literary/photographic journalIrish Pages published a portfolio of his work in 2011 and his photographs have regularly appeared inThe Guardian Weekend Magazine and have been exhibited in two group shows in London (inThe Oxo Gallery onThe South Bank and The Guardian Offices). In 2012 he was awarded the jury prize in The Open House Photographic competition run by theArchitecture Foundation. In 2015 his work was selected by Mark St. John Ellis (ofnag Gallery, Dublin) to appear in an open submission competition/exhibition,Home, in the Municipal Gallery inThe Lexicon Library in Dún Laoghaire. He was also awarded runner-up prize in this competition. His work has also been exhibited in the 2015Royal Hibernian Academy annual exhibition inDublin.
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