Desmond Egan, Artistic Director,


The Gerard Manley Hopkins Summer

School

- an annual feast of Poetry, Music, Art and friendship since 1987

Irish Poet, Desmond Egan with Richard O'Rourke, founded The Hopkins Summer School in 1987. Ever since, Egan has been Artistic Director for the School.

Desmond Egan Poetry

Desmond lives in Ireland, near Monasterevin. Eighteen collections of his poetry and one of Prose have been published from 1972 to 2004.

Collections of his poetry, in translation, have appeared in France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Poland, Luxembourg, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Japan - nearly all, in dual-language format.

Two critical works on his Poetry have been published by leading scholars Hugh Kenner and Brian Arkins. Two more are in preparation.

Desmond Egan is full-time Irish poet, living in Ireland. To date, he has 18 Collections of his Poetry published.

Irish poet Desmond Egan's poem, PEACE

poem, was translated into 21 languages, part of a celebration of Peace for the Millennium.

About Desmond Egan

Desmond conducts Workshops and gives Readings of his work
to Creative Writing groups and Universities all over Europe and in the
USA. Get an overview of his work here together with reactions both to
his Readings and Workshops.

Desmond Egan Publications 18 Collections of Poems 2 Collections of Prose 2 Translations: Classical Greek Dramas Medea and Philoctetes Critical Studies 1 Kenner, Hugh:The Poet and his Work 2 Arkins, Brian: A Critical Study Two books of criticism of his work have appeared: Desmond Egan, a Critical Study Prof. Brian Arkins (USA, 1992); Desmond Egan: the Poet and his Work, ed. Hugh Kenner (USA 1990).

See entry in The Encyclopaedia of Ireland Awards (p. 345;
pub. Gill & MAcmillan 2003)

 

DESMOND EGAN was born in Athlone, in the centre of Ireland. Educated in Irish Midlands; in The National Universities of Ireland at Maynooth and Dublin.Desmond works full-time as a poet.

1983: Egan received The National Poetry foundation of USA Award.1987, Desmond was the First Poet-in-Residence at University College, Dublin.

1988, He was Poet-in-Residence at Kansai University, Japan1997: Egan was conferred with a Doctorate of Letters at Washburn University, Kansas, USA.1998: His poems, translated into Italian, were awarded The Bologna Prize.

Since 1987 Desmond Egan is a full-time writer, living near Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
1998, he was appointed to The Cultural Relations Committee of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs

2004: Awarded the Macedonian Poetry Prize.

2005: Prix de Livre Insulaire 2005

What people say about Desmond Egan

Incontestably the most brilliant of all the writers who have taken workshops in Irish literary festivals, Egan's commitment to his students is legendary and his improvisational skills have power to stun the
budding writer.

The Irish Literary Supplement, Spring 1986

An eloquent and enchanting reading which was the highlight of our Lyceum series.

J. M. Tschiderer Activities Program Advisor, Univ. Southern Florida

Desmond Egan is not only a superb poet but one of the finest readers around. He is also a marvelous teacher and establishes an easy rapport with students in a classroom situation.

Prof. Russell Murphy, Department of English, University of Arkansas

We had our largest turnout and a number of people stated that it was our best program in years.
Gary Holloway, President Irish Lit./Hist. Soc. S.F.

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