F. R. Higgins
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Frederick Robert Higgins (24 April 1896 - 6 January 1941) was an Irish poet and theatre director. He was born in Foxford in County Mayo, grew up mainly in Ballivor in County Meath, and spent the largest part of his adult life in Dublin.
Higgins was a friend 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).
[edit] References
- Igoe, Vivien. A Literary Guide to Dublin. (Methuen, 1994) ISBN 0-413-69120-9
- F. R. Higgins at the Princess Grace Irish Library
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