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John Montague (Irlande)
New Collected Poems (2012)

 

John Montague was born in Brooklyn in 1929 and educated in Northern Ireland, Dublin and the US. Having lived in Cork for many years he now spends most of the year in Nice with his wife, Elizabeth. He has taught in France, America and Ireland (at UCD and UCC). His Collected Poems appeared in 1995, the year he received the American Ireland Fund Literary Award. New Collected Poems was published in 2012. A member of Aosdána, in 1998 he became the first Ireland Professor of Poetry, and in 2010 received the honour of a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

 

John Montague est né à Brooklyn en 1929 et a passé sa scolarité entre l'Irlande du Nord, Dublin et les Etats-Unis. Il a vécu de nombreuses années à Cork et passe maintenant la majorité de son temps à Nice avec sa femme Elizabeth. Il a enseigné en France, aux Etats-Unis et en Irlande (University College Dublin et University College Cork). Son recueil de poésie Collected Poems est paru en 1995. Il a reçu la même année le prix American Ireland Fund Literary Award. Son nouveau recueil, New Collected Poems, a été publié en 2012. Membre de l’Aosdána, John Montague a été le premier à accéder en 1998 au titre de Ireland Professor of Poetry et été nommé Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur en 2010.

 
 
 
 
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