Contemporary Writers Series Hosts Acclaimed Irish Poet
Award-winning Irish poet Bernard O’Donoghue will speak in the Montante Cultural Center at on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. for the ninth annual Hassett Reading presented by the Contemporary Writers Series. O’Donoghue will read from his works, followed by an audience question and answer period. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first-served basis. The evening events, which are all free and open to the public, will conclude with a reception and book-signing.
O’Donoghue was born in Cullen, Co. Cork, Ireland. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Lincoln College, Oxford, and is currently a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, where he teaches medieval literature. O’Donoghue has published Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry, a verse translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and five collections of poetry, including Gunpowder, winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry. His Selected Poems were published in 2008. O’Donoghue’s most recent collection of poems is Farmers Cross.
The Contemporary Writers Series was developed by Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius. For more information on the Contemporary Writers Series, contact Cochrane at Ext. 2662 or visit canisius.edu/writers.
Submitted by: Office of Public Relations
