Macdara Woods

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Macdara Woods (b. 1942) is an Irish poet born in Dublin.

[edit] Life

Macdara Woods is married to the poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, they have a grown-up son, Niall, a musician. He currently lives in Dublin and Umbria. A founder-editor of the Irish literary magazine Cyphers, he is a member of Aosdána (an organisation established by the Irish Government to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to the Arts in Ireland) since 1986.

[edit] Publications

Poetry Collections:

Decimal D. Sec Drinks In A Bar In Marrakesh (1970), New Writers’ Press
Early Morning Matins (1973), Gallery Press
The King of the Dead & other Libyan Tales (1978), Martin, Brian & O’Keeffe
Stopping The Lights In Ranelagh (1987, reprinted 1988), Dedalus Press
Miz Moon (1988), Dedalus Press
The Hanged Man Was Not Surrendering (1990), Dedalus Press
Notes From The Countries Of Blood-Red Flowers (1994), Dedalus Press
Selected Poems (1996), Dedalus Press
Knowledge in the Blood, New and Selected Poems (2000, 2007), Dedalus Press
The Nightingale Water (2001), Dedalus Press
Artichoke Wine (2006), Dedalus Press

In Italian:

Biglietto di Sola Andata (1998) Moby Dick Editrice, Faenza
Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi (1999) Volumnia Editrice, Perugia

Edited books:

The Kilkenny Anthology (1991), Kilkenny Co Council.
(with Jim Vaughan), Present Tense: Words and Pictures (2006), Mayo Co Council

Woods's work has been translated into many languages. He has collaborated with musicians, notably Brendan Graham (Winter Fire & Snow, performed by Anúna and others), Benjamin Dwyer (In The Ranelagh Gardens), Militia (Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi) and Richard Hartshorne (The Cello Suites).