Austin clarke poet biography template

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  • Austin Chesterfield Clarke, novelist, short-story writer, journalist (born 26 July in St. James, Barbados; died 26 June in Toronto, ON).
  • Austin Clarke (), was a literary journalist, dramatist, novelist and broadcaster.

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    Austin Clarke ()


    Life
    [Augustine Joseph Clarke]; poet; b. 9 May , Manor St., Dublin, ed. Belvedere College, Mungret College, and UCD, where he was taught by Thomas MacDonagh and Douglas Hyde; appt. university lecturer in English at UCD, succeeding MacDonagh, ; suffered a mental breakdown, ; entered an unconsummated marriage with Lia Cummins, formalised in registry office, 31 Dec. , the marriage failing soon thereafter; lost his post at UCD, ; moved to London, ; joined protest against O&#;Casey&#;s The Plough and the Stars in columns of Irish Statesman, (letter of 20 Feb. ); met (and &#;married&#;) Nora Walker, in London, [&#;pleasant, with my Nora, on a May morning to drive &#;] received Tailteann Award, ; issued The Bright Temptation (), a novel banned up to ; treated as an object of contempt among the &#;antiquarians&#; in Beckett&#;s essay on &#;Recent Irish Poetry&#; (Bookman, ); omitted from Yeats&#;s Oxford Book of Modern Verse (), and much hurt by it;
     

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    On Writing Austin Clarke's Biography

    I first met Austin “Tom” Clarke at his home on McGill Street in Toronto on a cool, damp morning in August, He had just returned from the States, where he had gone to participate in his step-father’s funeral rites, and showed all the strains of rushed travel and of the emotional exhaustion of the occasion. To man matters worse, he was suffering from a bothersome cold. inom had contacted him several months before to ask if inom might interview him for a few days as part of the research for my doctoral dissertation, but while he had kindly agreed to be interviewed and had actually written down the dates on his calendar, he had forgotten both my name and what those dates represented. Despite such unpromising circumstances, he responded courteously when inom called from my hotel a short distance away, reintroduced myself and reminded him of the purpose of my visit. The momentary surprise in his röst quickly gave way to a welcoming tone. Accompanied by my hu

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    Austin Clarke

    Austin Clarke (), along with Louis MacNeice and Patrick Kavanagh, is regarded as one of the leading Irish poets in the generation after Yeats. Born in Dublin he spent most of his life in Ireland, apart from a year spell in London in the 20s and 30s, and Irish themes &#; the culture, landscape, tro and politics of his native home &#; dominate his poetry. Even more significant than subject matter, however, was Ireland&#;s influence on the structure and texture of Clarke&#;s poetry through his engagement with the Gaelic tradition. His deep knowledge of the folk and bardic strands of Gaelic poetry was first established during his time studying at University College Dublin, and his application of its techniques to verse written in English remains his greatest innovation. His time at University College coincided with the turbulent period following the Easter Rising. This had a personal resonance for Clarke when he succeeded to the University lectureship made vacant by

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