Presented by Writers Without Borders
Co-sponsored by UPenn Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
"Writers Without Borders" features writers from around the world whose fiction, drama, poetry, memoir, journalism, and performance art demand an international - and, what's more, a globally minded - readership and response. Support for Writers without Borders comes from the Office of the Provost, supplemented by a generous start-up grant from Seth Ginns (C'00).
Thomas Kinsella is one of a number of young Irishmen who began to write in the years following World War II, and he has played a major role in invigorating the world of Irish verse. Kinsella began publishing poetry in the UCD magazine, the National Student, and in Poetry Ireland. His first collection, Poems (1956), came out with Miller's Dolmen Press, followed by Another September (1958); Moralities (1960); Downstream (1962); Wormwood (1966); and Nightwalker (1967). Kinsella quickly won recognition with awards from the Poetry Book Society (1958, 1962), the Guinness Poetry Award (1958) and the Denis Devlin Memorial Award (1967).
Thomas Kinsella is joined by reading is followed by Thomas Devaney, John P. McNamee, Deborah Burnham, Deirdre Morris-Abrahamsson, Cara Bertron, Lee Huttner, Rivka Fogel, and Callie Ward. Their detailed and interesting bios are available at our website linked below.
This program originally occurred on November 16, 2009. For more information, please visit: writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/...