Введение
Томас Маккарти (род. 1954) – ирландский поэт, романист и критик, родившийся в Каппокине, графство Уотерфорд, Ирландия. Он учился в Университетском колледже Корка, где стал частью возрождения литературной активности под влиянием Джона Монтегю. Среди современников Маккарти, которых Томас Диллон Редшоу описал как «это выдающееся поколение», были писатели и поэты Тео Дорган, Шон Данн, Грег Деланти, Морис Риордан и Уильям Уолл. Маккарти в разное время редактировал журналы The Cork Review и Poetry Ireland Review. Он опубликовал семь сборников стихов в издательстве Anvil Press Poetry, Лондон, включая «The Sorrow Garden», «The Lost Province», «Mr Dineen's Careful Parade», «The Last Geraldine Officer» и «Merchant Prince». Основные темы его поэзии – политика Южной Ирландии, любовь и память. Он также является автором двух романов: «Without Power» и «Asya and Christine». Женат, имеет двоих детей и живет в городе Корк, где до выхода на пенсию работал в городских библиотеках. В 1977 году он получил премию имени Патрика Кавана за поэзию. Его монография «Rising from the Ashes» рассказывает историю сожжения библиотеки Карнеги в городе Корк «Черными и Танами» в 1920 году и последовавших усилий по восстановлению коллекции при помощи жертвователей со всего мира. Труды
Thomas McCarthy (born 1954) is an Irish poet, novelist, and critic, born in Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland. He attended University College Cork where he was part of a resurgence of literary activity under the inspiration of John Montague. Among McCarthy's contemporaries, described by Thomas Dillon Redshaw as "that remarkable generation", were the writers and poets Theo Dorgan, Sean Dunne, Greg Delanty, Maurice Riordan and William Wall. McCarthy edited, at various times, The Cork Review and Poetry Ireland Review. He has published seven collections of poetry with Anvil Press Poetry, London, including The Sorrow Garden, The Lost Province, Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, The Last Geraldine Officer, and Merchant Prince. The main themes of his poetry are Southern Irish politics, love and memory. He is also the author of two novels; Without Power and Asya and Christine. He is married with two children and lives in Cork City where he worked in the City Libraries until his retirement. He won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1977. His monograph "Rising from the Ashes" tells the story of the burning of the Carnegie Free Library in Cork City by the Black and Tans in 1920 and the subsequent efforts to rebuild the collection with the help of donors from all over the world. Works
Poetry
1978 in poetry: The First Convention, Dolmen Press, Dublin
1981 in poetry: The Sorrow Garden'', Anvil Press, London
Поэзия
1978: «The First Convention», Dolmen Press, Дублин
1981: «The Sorrow Garden», Anvil Press, Лондон
Thomas McCarthy (born 1954) is an Irish poet, novelist, and critic, born in Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland. He attended University College Cork where he was part of a resurgence of literary activity under the inspiration of John Montague. Among McCarthy's contemporaries, described by Thomas Dillon Redshaw as "that remarkable generation", were the writers and poets Theo Dorgan, Sean Dunne, Greg Delanty, Maurice Riordan and William Wall. McCarthy edited, at various times, The Cork Review and Poetry Ireland Review. He has published seven collections of poetry with Anvil Press Poetry, London, including The Sorrow Garden, The Lost Province, Mr Dineen's Careful Parade, The Last Geraldine Officer, and Merchant Prince. The main themes of his poetry are Southern Irish politics, love and memory. He is also the author of two novels; Without Power and Asya and Christine. He is married with two children and lives in Cork City where he worked in the City Libraries until his retirement. He won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1977. His monograph "Rising from the Ashes" tells the story of the burning of the Carnegie Free Library in Cork City by the Black and Tans in 1920 and the subsequent efforts to rebuild the collection with the help of donors from all over the world. Works
Poetry
1978 in poetry: The First Convention, Dolmen Press, Dublin
1981 in poetry: The Sorrow Garden'', Anvil Press, London
Примечания и ссылки
Райан, Рэй. Ирландия и Шотландия: литература и культура, государство и нация, 1966–2000. Издательство Оксфордского университета, 2002.