Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2002) Excellence Award
Medbh McGuckian
メドブ・マクガキアン
Medbh McGuckian
Aliases:
Maeve McCaughan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1950-08-12 （North Belfast）
- Nationality
- Northern Irish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Belfast → Northern Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- poet, teacher, editor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Queen's University Belfast (Writer in Residence), University of California, Berkeley (visiting poet)
- Influenced By
- Seamus Heaney
- Nominations
- Poetry Now Award 2005 (The Book of the Angel), Poetry Now Award 2007 (The Currach Requires No Harbours)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Primary School | — | Primary | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Dominican College, Fortwilliam | — | Secondary | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Queen's University Belfast | — | English | Bachelor of Arts | 1970年代初頭 | United Kingdom |
| Queen's University Belfast | — | English | Master of Arts | — | United Kingdom |
Holy Family Primary School
Primary
Country:
United Kingdom
Dominican College, Fortwilliam
Secondary
Country:
United Kingdom
Queen's University Belfast
English
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1970年代初頭
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United Kingdom
Queen's University Belfast
English
Degree:
Master of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Rooney Prize for Irish Literature | The Flower Master | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Arts Council award | The Flower Master | — | Arts Council (Ireland) | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize | The Flower Master | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Cheltenham Prize | On Ballycastle Beach | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Forward Poetry Prize | She is in the Past, She Has This Grace | Best Single Poem | — | 受賞 |
Eric Gregory Award
1980
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
1982
Work:
The Flower Master
Result:
受賞
Arts Council award
1982
Work:
The Flower Master
Organization:
Arts Council (Ireland)
Result:
受賞
Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize
1983
Work:
The Flower Master
Result:
受賞
Cheltenham Prize
1989
Work:
On Ballycastle Beach
Result:
受賞
Forward Poetry Prize
2002
Work:
She is in the Past, She Has This Grace
Category:
Best Single Poem
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Flower Master
1982 Poetry collectionExplores post-natal breakdown.
post-natal breakdownfemininityidentity
On Ballycastle Beach
1988 Poetry collectionThe Book of the Angel
2004 Poetry collectionBibliography
- Single Ladies: Sixteen Poems
- Portrait of Joanna
- Trio Poetry
- The Flower Master
- The Greenhouse
- Venus and the Rain
- On Ballycastle Beach
- Two Women, Two Shores
- Marconi's Cottage
- Captain Lavender
- Selected Poems, 1978–1994
- Shemalier
- Drawing Ballerinas
- The Face of the Earth
- Had I A Thousand Lives
- The Book of the Angel
- My Love Has Fared Inland
- The Currach Requires No Harbours
- The High Caul Cap
- Blaris Moor
- Love, The Magician
- Marine Cloud Brightening
Translations by Author
- The Water Horse (trans. with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dense and allusive stylerich imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- female experienceintersection of nature and art
Legacy
One of Northern Ireland's leading contemporary poets, known for her award-winning collections exploring women's experiences with a dense, allusive style influenced by Seamus Heaney.
Archives
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Trivia
- Adopted the Irish spelling 'Medbh' after Seamus Heaney wrote it that way when signing books for her.
- Born Maeve McCaughan, third of six children.