Maurice Riordan | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) Lisgoold,County Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
| Notable works | T. S. Eliot Prize;Floods (2000) |
Maurice Riordan (born 1953) is an Irish poet, translator, and editor.
Born inLisgoold,County Cork, his poetry collections include:A Word from the Loki (1995), a largely London-based collection which was aPoetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for theT. S. Eliot Prize;Floods (2000) which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award;[1]The Holy Land (2007) which contains a sequence ofIdylls orprose 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 thePoetry Society's 'Next Generation' poets.[3] He was Poetry Editor ofPoetry London from 2005 to 2009[4] and Editor ofThe Poetry Review from 2013 to 2017.[5]
Riordan has worked as an anthology editor and literary translator in addition to writing. His collection for childrenThe Moon Has Written You a Poem is adapted from the Portuguese ofJosé Jorge Letria.[6] He has taught atGoldsmiths College and atImperial College and is Emeritus Professor of Poetry atSheffield Hallam University. He lives in London.[citation needed]
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