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Selected Poems
This edition contains selections from John Montague's early work, including poems from many of his Poisoned Lands, A Chosen Light, The Rough Field, A Slow Dance, The Great Cloak, The Dead Kingdom, and Mount Eagle.
- GenresPoetry
113 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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John Montague
120 books20 followersJohn Patrick Montague, BA, MA, MFA, DLitt
American-born Irish poet, writer of short fiction, essayist, and professor. Graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Iowa.
Awarded honourary doctorates by the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Ulster, and University College Dublin. Recipient of the American Ireland Fund Literary Award, the Irish-American Cultural Institute’s Award for Literature, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and Australia's Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize.
He was appointed the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he became Distinguished Writer-in-Residence for the New York State Writers' Institute and Professor of Poetry and Writer-in-Residence at State University of New York at Albany. He also taught at University College Cork, Queen’s University in Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, and his alma mater University College Dublin.
In addition to receiving honourary doctorates in the United States and Ireland, France invested him a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
American-born Irish poet, writer of short fiction, essayist, and professor. Graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Iowa.
Awarded honourary doctorates by the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Ulster, and University College Dublin. Recipient of the American Ireland Fund Literary Award, the Irish-American Cultural Institute’s Award for Literature, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and Australia's Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize.
He was appointed the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he became Distinguished Writer-in-Residence for the New York State Writers' Institute and Professor of Poetry and Writer-in-Residence at State University of New York at Albany. He also taught at University College Cork, Queen’s University in Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, and his alma mater University College Dublin.
In addition to receiving honourary doctorates in the United States and Ireland, France invested him a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
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October 24, 2022
Gorgeous stuff…
Montague had
that Ulster poeticism
of his generation,
but he tempered
a unique voice
in the smithy
of its soil.
Montague had
that Ulster poeticism
of his generation,
but he tempered
a unique voice
in the smithy
of its soil.
September 27, 2007
i am a fan of john montague and if you decide to give his poetry a try know he definitely writes for those with an understanding of his relationship with northern ireland. my favorite poem of his is definitely "the cave of night" because his use of language to describe the violence is so well chosen and the third section of the poem, cave, is a great example of why i find him such a brilliant poet. "like dolmens round my childhood" and "the grafted tongue" are also among my favorites.
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