Julie O'Callaghan
Julie O'Callaghan (born 1954) is an American poet based in Ireland. She has written poetry for both children and adults.
Life[]
Born in Chicago, Julie O'Callaghan came to Ireland in July 1974 to study for a year at Trinity College Dublin. Abandoning her degree, she moved to Ireland permanently, taking a job in the Library of Trinity College.[1] In 1985 she married the poet Dennis O'Driscoll,[2] who died in 2012.[1]
In 2021 her poem The Net was covered by the Irish Independent.
O'Callaghan received the in 2001, and is a member of the Aosdána.[1]
Works[]
- Edible anecdotes and other poems. Mountrath, Portlaoise, Ireland: Dolmen Press, 1983.
- Well-heeled, London: Gefn Press, 1985. With lithographs by Susan Johanknecht.
- (with Alan Bold and Gareth Owen) Bright lights blaze out. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Taking my pen for a walk. London: Orchard, 1988.
- Jasper the Lion Heart. London: Gefn Press, 1990. With lithographs by Susan Johanknecht.
- What's what. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1991.
- Two barks: poems. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1998.
- No can do. Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 2000.
- Problem. Boston, MA: Pressed Wafer, 2005.
- The book of whispers. London: Faber, 2006.
- Tell me this is normal': new & selected poems. Tarset, Northumberland: Bloodaze Books, 2008.
- Magnum Mysterium. Bloodaxe Books, 2020.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c James Bennett, Anyone who calls themselves a poet is not a poet – Julie O’Callaghan, Trinity News, November 5, 2014.
- ^ Contemporary Poets. St. James Press. 1991. p. 715. ISBN 978-1-55862-035-3.
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