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Eavan Boland
Boland, 1996
Born
Eavan Aisling Boland (1944-09-24)24 September 1944 Dublin, Ireland
Died
27 April 2020(2020-04-27) (aged 75) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation
Poet, author, professor
Language
English
Alma mater
Trinity College Dublin
Period
1962–2020
Notable awards
Jacob's Award 1976
Spouse
Kevin Casey
(m. 1969)
Children
2
Relatives
Frederick Boland (father) Frances Kelly (mother)
Eavan Aisling Boland[1] (/iːˈvænˈæʃlɪŋˈboʊlənd/, ee-VAN;[2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996.[3][4] Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history.[4] A number of poems from Boland's poetry career are studied by Irish students who take the Leaving Certificate. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.
^Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. xxii
^"Eavan Boland - the new documentary celebrating a poetry legend". 6 March 2018 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^New York Times, "Eavan Boland, ‘Disruptive’ Irish Poet," April 28, 2020 [1]
^ ab"Eavan Boland". The Poetry Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
Eavan Aisling Boland (/iːˈvæn ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈboʊlənd/, ee-VAN; 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor...
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(1910) in one's carefree youthful past. Similarly, for the Irish poet EavanBoland in "Atlantis, a lost sonnet" (2007), the idea was defined when "the old...
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Poetry Editor of Poetry London from 2009 to 2013. In 2019 Bryce succeeded EavanBoland as editor of Poetry Ireland Review. Bryce was born in Derry, Northern...
Charles Martin - William Matthews - Louise Glück - Ellen Bryant Voigt - EavanBoland - J. D. McClatchy - Leon Stokesbury - Star Black - Marilyn Nelson - Bruce...
took its name from the land. – the land took its name from the woman. EavanBoland, Anna Liffey That there, that's not me – I go where I please – I walk...
a very short list of U.S. military vessels named after women. 2001: EavanBoland wrote a poem dedicated to Grace Hopper titled "Code" in her 2001 release...
century also saw the emergence of a number of women poets including EavanBoland (born 1944), Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942), Vona Groarke, Kerry...
in the song "Black Coats and Bandages".[citation needed] Irish poet EavanBoland mentions the coffin ships in her poem "In a Bad Light" from the collection...
(June 2006) Irish Writers on Writing featuring John Banville. Edited by EavanBoland (Trinity University Press, 2007). John Banville: A Critical Introduction...
ISBN 978-0-9569092-2-0 Poems in tribute, featuring work of Seamus Heaney, EavanBoland, Paula Meehan, Brendan Kennelly. Edited and introduced by James Lawlor...
Ingrid Persaud Love After Love Natasha Farrant Voyage of the Sparrowhawk EavanBoland The Historians Lee Lawrence The Louder I Will Sing Tessa Sheridan The...
ungovernable community on the very edge of Britain "Michelle Gallen and EavanBoland shortlisted for Costa Book Awards". Irish Times. 24 November 2020. Retrieved...
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