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and he included a poem called 'Bagpipe Music'. What it owes to the original is its rhythmic verve. With his love of dense long lines, it is not surprising he was drawn to classical poetry and
Baudelaire. In fact, the rhythm of 'Bagpipe Music' seems to be that of an Irish jig, on which subject he was
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It takes five pages to get to
Dresden, the protagonist having joined the RAF as an escape from rural and then urban poverty. In Carson everything is rooted in the everyday, so the destruction of Dresden evokes memories of a particular Dresden shepherdess he had on the mantelpiece as a child and the
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was called 'Belfast
Confetti' and this idea expanded to become his next book. The Belfast of the Troubles is mapped with obsessive precision and the language of the Troubles is as powerful a presence as
435:(1998) featured sonnets by Baudelaire, Rimbaud and Mallarmé rendered into Alexandrines. Carson's penchant for the long line found a perfect focus in the 12-syllable alexandrine line. He also published
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in memory of its first director, Ciaran Carson, and inspired by his writing about the city of
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275:(1996), a study of Irish traditional music. He wrote a bi-monthly column on traditional Irish music for
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396:(1993), which won the T. S. Eliot Prize, language has become the subject. There are translations of
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Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library
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Of soap and turf and sweets would hit you from the gloom.'
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The TĂĄin : a new translation of the TĂĄin bĂł CĂșailnge
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In 2020, the Seamus Heaney Centre established two annual
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The Ballad of HMS Belfast: A Compendium of Belfast Poems
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Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. A fount of broken type...'
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He was also an accomplished musician, and the author of
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The Triumph in memory of Ciaran Carson by Paul Muldoon
1059:"Ciaran Carson, Versatile Belfast Poet, Is Dead at 70"
899:"Professor Ciaran Carson | Queen's University Belfast"
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themselves. The poem "Belfast Confetti" signals this:
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St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast
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Claude Monet, "The Artistâs Garden at VĂ©theuil", 1880
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671:, Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2020
664:, Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2013
650:, Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2010
643:, Gallery Press; Wake Forest University Press, 2009
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Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist (1948â2019)
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128:(9 October 1948 – 6 October 2019) was a
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594:, Gallery Books, Wake Forest University Press
587:, Gallery Press, Wake Forest University Press
573:, Gallery Press, Wake Forest University Press
483:Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry
204:Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry
154:St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School
715:Last Night's Fun: About Time, Food and Music
273:Last Night's Fun: About Time, Food and Music
140:Ciaran Carson was born on 9 October 1948 in
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248:(Best Poetry Collection of the Year) and a
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759:, a novel, published by Blackstaff Press
601:, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press
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622:, Picador, Wake Forest University Press
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160:(QUB) to read for a degree in English.
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456:(1999) collected his Belfast poems.
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431:. Translation became a key concern,
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1057:Genzlinger, Neil (9 October 2019).
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226:(2001), explores themes present in
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1029:Craig, Patricia (6 October 2019).
929:"Collected poems by Ciaran Carson"
779:(translator), Granta, awarded the
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190:His collections of poetry include
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2269:The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2182:Dia libh a laochruidh Gaoidhiol
2177:CĂłir Connacht ar chath Laighean
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2172:An sluagh sidhe so i nEamhuin?
2162:A aonmhic DĂ© do cĂ©asadh thrĂnn
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2137:Is acher in gaĂth in-nocht...
2132:Le dĂs cuirthear clĂș Laighean
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2209:Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide
1403:MĂĄeleoin BĂłdur Ă Maolconaire
1298:Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe
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1288:Gilla Mo Dutu Ăa Caiside
1031:"Ciaran Carson obituary"
685:, Ulsterman Publications
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342:and traditional music'.
136:Early life and education
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2142:Is trĂșag in ces i mbiam
2110:The Wanderings of Oisin
1363:Tarlach Rua Mac DĂłnaill
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953:Carson, Ciaran (2008).
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2152:An DĂbirt go Connachta
2147:Sen dollotar Ulaid ...
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1698:Mary Devenport O'Neill
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1408:Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird
1398:Cearbhall Ăg Ă DĂĄlaigh
1343:Fear Feasa Ă'n ChĂĄinte
1238:Irish Literary Revival
1223:Chief Ollam of Ireland
429:Ètefan Augustin DoinaÈ
210:(1993), winner of the
202:(1990), which won the
194:(1987), winner of the
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2403:Cork University Press
2157:Foraire Uladh ar Aodh
1557:James Clarence Mangan
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1278:Mael Ăsu Ua BrolchĂĄin
1208:Irish syllabic poetry
1203:Metrical Dindshenchas
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2352:Seamus Heaney Centre
2214:Tuireamh na hĂireann
1748:MicheĂĄl Mac LiammĂłir
1373:Tadhg Dall Ă hĂigĂnn
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795:CĂșirt an MhĂ©an OĂche
620:The Twelfth of Never
606:The Alexandrine Plan
523:Forward Poetry Prize
437:The Twelfth of Never
433:The Alexandrine Plan
318:Critical perspective
277:The Journal of Music
246:Forward Poetry Prize
126:Ciaran Gerard Carson
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2319:Prayer Before Birth
2298:Meeting The British
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1743:Nuala NĂ Dhomhnaill
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655:Until Before After
648:On the Night Watch
513:Cholmondeley Award
467:Eric Gregory Award
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