- Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock is an Irish poet and
haiku writer. He was born inKilfinane ,County Limerick in 1949. He currently resides inDublin .Rosenstock's father was a doctor and writer from
Schleswig-Holstein ; his mother anurse fromCounty Galway . Gabriel was the third of six children and the first born inIreland . He attended theNational University of Ireland, Cork .Rosenstock worked for some time on the television series "
Anois is Arís " on RTÉ, then on the weekly newspaper Anois. He currently works with "An Gúm," the publications branch of the North-South body which promotes the Irish language, "Foras na Gaeilge."Although he has worked in
prose , drama andtranslation , Rosenstock is primarily known as a poet.Rosenstock is a member of
Aosdána , and two of his more recent works are "Eachtraí Krishnamurphy" (2003) and "Krishnamurphy Ambaist" (2004). His travel book "Ólann mo mhiúil as an nGainséis" (2003) provides an insight his beliefs, intellectual life, andphilosophy .His son
Tristan Rosenstock is a member of the traditional Irish quintetTéada while his nephew isMario Rosenstock .External links
* [http://www.poetenladen.de/gabriel-rosenstock.htm Poems of Gabriel Rosenstock in German translation (Poetenladen)]
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