Paul Durcan

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Paul Durcan is a contemporary Irish poet, born in Dublin on October 16, 1944, famous for his self-deprecating wit, and wry analysis of the condition of the Irish male in society.

His main published collections include: A Snail in my Prime, Crazy About Women, Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil and Cries of an Irish Caveman.

He appeared on the 1990 Van Morrison album Enlightenment, giving an idiosyncratic vocal performance on the song "In The Days Before Rock'n'Roll", which he also co-wrote.

He is a member of Aosdána.

In 2003 he published a collection of his weekly addresses to the nation, Paul Durcan's Diary, on RTÉ Radio I program Today with Pat Kenny.

1 Awards
2 Poetry books
3 Reference
4 External links

[edit] Awards

1974 Patrick Kavanagh Award
1989 Irish American Cultural Institute Poetry Award
1990 The Whitebread Prize (Daddy, Daddy)
London Poetry Book Society choice for The Berlin Wall Café.

[edit] Poetry books

Endsville [with Brian Lynch] (New Writers' Press, 1967)
O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor (Anna Livia Press, 1975)
Sam's Cross (Profile Press, 1978)
Teresa's Bar (The Gallery Press, 1976; revised edition, The Gallery Press, 1986)
Jesus, Break his Fall (The Raven Arts Press, 1980)
Ark of the North (Raven Arts Press, 1982)
The Selected Paul Durcan (edited by Edna Longley, The Blackstaff Press, 1982)
Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela (Raven Arts Press / Carcanet New Press, 1983)
The Berlin Wall Café (The Blackstaff Press, 1985)
Going Home to Russia (The Blackstaff Press, 1987)
Daddy, Daddy (The Blackstaff Press, 1990)
Crazy About Women (The National Gallery of Ireland, 1991)
A Snail in My Prime. New and Selected Poems, (The Harvill Press /The Blackstaff Press, 1993)
Give Me Your Hand (MacMillan, 1994)
Christmas Day (The Harvill Press, 1997)
Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil(The Harvill Press, 1999)
Cries of an Irish Caveman (The Harvill Press, 2001)
The Art of Life (The Harvill Press, 2004)