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Informationen zum Autor Michael O'Loughlin was born in Dublin in 1958. His poetry collections are Stalingrad: The Street Dictionary (Dublin, Raven Press, 1980); Atlantic Blues (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1982); The Diary of a Silence (Raven Arts Press, 1985); and Another Nation, New & Selected Poems (Dublin, New Island Books, 1994/UK Arc Publications, 1996). He has also published a collection of short stories, The Inside Story (Raven Arts Press, 1999); a critical essay, After Kavanagh: Patrick Kavanagh and the Discourse of Contemporary Irish Poetry (Raven Arts Press, 1985); and his translation of the Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg's selected poems, Hidden Weddings (Raven Arts Press, 1987). He has lived for many years in continental Europe and now lives in Dublin. Klappentext Michael O'Loughlin is recognized as one of the most important Irish poets of his generation. His poetry collections include Stalingrad: The Street Dictionary, Atlantic Blues, The Diary of a Silence, and Another Nation: New & Selected Poems. O'Loughlin has also published a collection of short stories, and he has translated Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg's selected poems, Hidden Weddings. This present volume - In This Life - is O'Loughlin's first new collection of poetry since 1987.
