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Thomas Kinsella

Thomas Kinsella

IrishMay 4, 1928 – December 16, 2021Poetry

Irish poet and translator whose translations of the Tain Bo Cuailnge and whose own collected verse place him among the most important Irish poets of the twentieth century.

Works

  • Another SeptemberPoetry collection exploring temporal uncertainty and the passage of seasons with linguistic precision→
  • WormwoodPoetry examining corruption and decay through dark imagery and complex formal structures→
  • Nightwalker and Other PoemsPoetry collection of urban nighttime meditation exploring solitude and modern alienation→
  • Notes from the Land of the DeadPoetry meditation on history and cultural inheritance through imagery of the underworld→
  • Collected PoemsComprehensive collection spanning decades of formally precise poetry exploring Irish identity→

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