Irish America 250 - A Poetic Celebration with Micheal O'Siadhail
About this Event
Join us for a reading and conversation on Tuesday October 6th with Micheal O'Siadhail, Ireland's leading poet. For over 50 years, his lyrical mediations have captured relationships between humanity and nature, despair and faith, and courage and healing. This evening he will read from his newest book The Essential Poems, which brings together selected works from throughout his career. The event will also feature poetry themes of immigration and exile and will culminate with a reading of Ireland America 252 - a poem commissioned by the Irish America 250 organisation to commemorate the anniversity of American Independence.
This event is free and open to the public. Event will be preceded by a 30 minute reception. Audience Q&A will follow.
ABOUT MICHEAL O'SIADHAIL:
Born in Dublin in 1947, Micheal O'Siadhail was educated at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Oslo. A full-time writer, he has published eighteen collections of poetry, receiving numerous awards, including the Marten Toonder Prize for Literature and the Irish American Cultural Institute prize for poetry. He has been a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and a professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and is still writing poetry, splitting his time between New York City and Dublin/
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