Macdara Woods

Macdara Woods (born 1942) is an Irish poet born in Dublin.

Life

Macdara Woods is married to the poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, they have a grown-up son, Niall, a musician. He currently lives in Dublin and Umbria. A founder-editor of the Irish literary magazine "Cyphers", he is a member of Aosdána (an organisation established by the Irish Government to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to the Arts in Ireland) since 1986.

Publications

Poetry Collections:
*"Decimal D. Sec Drinks In A Bar In Marrakesh" (1970), New Writers’ Press
*"Early Morning Matins" (1973), Gallery Press
*"The King of the Dead & other Libyan Tales" (1978), Martin, Brian & O’Keeffe
*"Stopping The Lights In Ranelagh" (1987, reprinted 1988), Dedalus Press
*"Miz Moon" (1988), Dedalus Press
*"The Hanged Man Was Not Surrendering" (1990), Dedalus Press
*"Notes From The Countries Of Blood-Red Flowers" (1994), Dedalus Press
*"Selected Poems" (1996), Dedalus Press
*"Knowledge in the Blood, New and Selected Poems" (2000, 2007), Dedalus Press
*"The Nightingale Water" (2001), Dedalus Press
*"Artichoke Wine" (2006), Dedalus Press

In Italian:
*"Biglietto di Sola Andata" (1998) Moby Dick Editrice, Faenza
*"Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi" (1999) Volumnia Editrice, Perugia

Edited books:
*"The Kilkenny Anthology" (1991), Kilkenny Co Council.
* (with Jim Vaughan), "Present Tense: Words and Pictures" (2006), Mayo Co Council

Woods's work has been translated into many languages. He has collaborated with musicians, notably Brendan Graham ("Winter Fire & Snow", performed by Anúna and others), Benjamin Dwyer ("In The Ranelagh Gardens"), Militia ("Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi") and Richard Hartshorne ("The Cello Suites").

ources

[http://www.macdarawoods.ie Official site]