Ciaran Berry

Ciaran Berry (born 1971 Dublin) is an Irish-American poet.

Life

He grew up in Carna, County Galway and Falcarragh, County Donegal.^[1][2] He graduated from New York University, a New York Times Fellow. He teaches at Trinity College, Hartford.^[3]

His work appeared in AGNI,^[4] Crazyhorse,^[5] The Missouri Review,^[6] The Threepenny Review,^[7] Gettysburg Review,^[8] Green Mountains Review,^[9] Ontario Review,^[10] and Notre Dame Review.

Awards

• 2007 Crab Orchard Award
• Jerwood Aldeburgh first collection prize^[11]

Works

• "Electrocuting an Elephant", poemofthe week

• The Sphere of Birds. Southern Illinois University Press. 2008. ISBN 9780809328383. 

Anthology

• David Lehman, Charles Wright, ed (September 16, 2008). Best American Poetry 2008. Scribner. ISBN 9780743299756. ^[12]

References

1. ^ "The Strong Reading and Award for Best First Collection". Poetry Now. http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:dQGW_g5W6oEJ:www.poetrynow.ie/Poetry_Strong.pdf+%22Ciaran+Berry%22&cd=71&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
2. ^ "Ciaran Berry - Bio". Poem of the Week. 2009-01-25. http://www.poemoftheweek.org/id216.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
3. ^ http://internet2.trincoll.edu/facProfiles/Default.aspx?fid=1353304
4. ^ "Author Ciaran Berry". AGNI Magazine. 2008. http://as111.http.sasm3.net/agni/authors/C/Ciaran-Berry.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
5. ^ Clayton McCauley. "Crazyhorse Number 71". Crazyhorse.cofc.edu. http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/in-71.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
6. ^ "The Missouri Review - A Beard of Bees". Project MUSE. Winter 2005. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/missouri_review/v028/28.3berry02.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
7. ^ "Threepenny: Issue 101". The Threepenny Review. Spring 2005. http://www.threepennyreview.com/tocs/101_sp05.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
8. ^ "Winter 2002 | the gettysburg review". The Gettysburg Review. Winter 2002. http://public.gettysburg.edu/academics/gettysburg_review/Back_Issues/154.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
9. ^ "Vol. XVIII, No. 1". Green Mountains Review. http://greenmountainsreview.jsc.vsc.edu/Vol%20XVIII-1%20Table%20of%20Contents.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
10. ^ http://www.ontarioreviewpress.com/or_back_issues_pages/or_back_issue_65.html
11. ^ Flood, Alison (2008-11-08). "Sphere of Birds wins Jerwood Aldeburgh prize: Ciaran Berry's debut collection takes £3,000 award". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/08/jerwood-aldeburgh-prize-ciaran-berry. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
12. ^ American, Best (2008-09-26). "BAP 08 at the New School: A Report [by Kate Angus"]. The Best American Poetry. http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/09/bap-08-at-new-s.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 

External links

• "An Interview with Ciaran Berry", Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum

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