Macdara Woods

Macdara Woods (born 1942) is an Irish poet born in Dublin. He was educated there at Gonzaga College and University College Dublin.^[1][2]

Life

Macdara Woods is married to the poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, they have an adult son, Niall, a musician.^[3] Woods currently lives in Dublin and Umbria. A founder-editor of the Irish literary magazine Cyphers, he is a member of Aosdána (an organisation established by the Irish Government to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to the Arts in Ireland) since 1986.

Publications

Poetry collections

• Decimal D. Sec Drinks in a Bar in Marrakesh (1970), New Writers’ Press
• Early Morning Matins (1973), Gallery Press
• The King of the Dead & Other Libyan Tales (1978), Martin, Brian & O’Keeffe
• Stopping the Lights in Ranelagh (1987, reprinted 1988), Dedalus Press
• Miz Moon (1988), Dedalus Press
• The Hanged Man Was Not Surrendering (1990), Dedalus Press
• Notes From the Countries of Blood-Red Flowers (1994), Dedalus Press
• Selected Poems (1996), Dedalus Press
• Knowledge in the Blood, New and Selected Poems (2000, 2007), Dedalus Press
• The Nightingale Water (2001), Dedalus Press
• Artichoke Wine (2006), Dedalus Press
• The Cotard Dimension (2011), Dedalus Press
• Collected Poems (2012), Dedalus Press (in association with the Arts Council of Ireland)
• "From Sandymount To The Hill Of Howth (2014) Cyphers, Dublin.
• "Music From The Big Tent" (2016) Dedalus Press

In Italian:

• Biglietto di Sola Andata (1998) Moby Dick Editrice, Faenza
• Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi (1999) Volumnia Editrice, Perugia

Edited books

• The Kilkenny Anthology (1991), Kilkenny Co. Council.
• (with Jim Vaughan), Present Tense: Words and Pictures (2006), Mayo Co. Council

Woods's work has been translated into many languages. He has collaborated with musicians, notably Brendan Graham (Winter Fire & Snow, performed by Anúna and others), Benjamin Dwyer (In the Ranelagh Gardens), Militia (Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi) and Richard Hartshorne (The Cello Suites).

References

1. Welsh, Robert (1996). The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 605–6.
2. Lawlor, Brian (2003). The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan. p. 1152.
3. Welsh, Robert (1996). The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 605–6.

External links

• Dedalus Press page
• Poetry International Rotterdam
• Aosdana