Born in Dublin in 1959, the poet, playwright and novelist Dermot Bolger has also worked as a factory hand, library assistant and publisher. In 2012 he published his ninth poetry collection, The Venice Suite: A Voyage Through Loss, which commemorated his late wife, Bernie, who died in 2010. He also published his first ever novella, The Fall of Ireland; saw his 1994 stage adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulyssesstaged in Scotland and Ireland; his latest play, Tea Chests and Dreams, staged in Dublin and received the award for Commentator of the Year of the National Newspapers of Ireland Awards.
In the numbness of grief I felt certain I would never write poems
again,” Bolger claims in his prefatory note. But his readers will
be glad that he has done so… (in)… what is ultimately a book of
celebration…unflinching and sad – and beautiful.
*Times Literary Supplement*
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