Paula Meehan

Paula Meehan

"'Paula Meehan", born in 1955, is an Irish poet, playwright, and teacher.

Biography

Born in Dublin, Meehan studied at Trinity College, Dublin,and at Eastern Washington University. [ "Irish Women's Poetry: 1967 - 2000", Wake Forest University Press, 1999. ]

Works

Poetry

* "Six Sycamores". With Marie Foley, sculpture and drawings. Belfast: Crowquill, 2004
* "Three Irish Poets: an anthology. Paula Meehan, Mary O’Malley, Eavan Boland", edited by Eavan Boland. Manchester, Carcanet, 2003
* "Dharmakaya", Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press, 2002
* "The Man who was Marked by Winter". Cheney, WA: Eastern Washington University Press, 1994
* "Pillow Talk". Oldcastle, Co. Meath: Gallery Press, 1994.
* "Reading the Sky". Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland: Beaver Row Press, 1986.
* "Return and no Blame". Dublin, Ireland: Beaver Row Press, 1984.

Theatre

* "The Wolf of Winter", unpublished. First produced by the Abbey Company: Abbey Theatre of Dublin, 2003

* "Cell: a play in two parts for four actors and a voice". Dublin: New Island Books, 2000

* "Mrs. Sweeney", in "Rough Magic: First Plays". Edited by Siobhan Bourke, New Island Books, Dublin 1999.

* "The Voyage", unpublished. Produced at The Ark, by the Team Educational Theatre Company of Dublin, 1997.
* "Kirkle." Unpublished. Dalkey School Project, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, 1995.

Awards

* The Martin Toonder Award (1995)
* The Butler Literary Award (1998)
* Denis Devlin Award (2002)

References


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