F. R. Higgins

Frederick Robert Higgins (24 April 1896 - 6 January 1941) was an Irish poet and theatre director. [ [http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/Poetry/FRHiggins.html Frederick Robert Higgins Poetry Irish culture and customs - World Cultures European ] ] [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~khwinters/higgins/] [ [http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=11090 Irish Playography ] ]

Early years

Higgins was born on the west coast of Ireland in Foxford, which is located in County Mayo. He grew up in Ballivor in County Meath, and then spent the largest part of his adult life in Dublin.

Career

Higgins was a student of William Butler Yeats and served on the board of the Abbey Theatre from 1935 until his death. His best-known book of poetry is "The Gap of Brightness" (1940). He is also well known for his poem, "Father and Son". [http://search.able2know.com/About/3793.html]

Bibliography

His five collections of poems are:

"Salt Air" (1924)

"Island Blood" (1925) [ [http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu/content.php?el=c02&id=deane_100514 Finding Aid : John F. Deane papers, 1971-2000 [Works edited by Deane : Irish Literary Collections ] ]

"The Dark Breed" (1927)

"Arable Holdings" (1933)

"The Gap of Brightness" (1940)

References

External links

* [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LiteratureEnglish/Poetry/BritishIrish/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTEyODk0OQ= Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry]