Tom French (poet)

Tom French (born 1966 Kilkenny) is an Irish poet.

Life

He graduated from National University of Ireland, Galway and the University of Limerick.^[1]

He lives in Dublin and works for the library service in County Wicklow.

His work appeared in Literary Review,^[2] Stand, Force 10, Writing in the West, Irish Review.^[3]

Awards

• Ted McNulty prize
• 2002 Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection

Works

• "The Posthole". Studies:An Irish Quarterly Review. Summer 2000. http://www.studiesirishreview.ie/j/page446. 
• "Snow Angel", The Manchester Review, October 2008
• "SRAHNAMANRAGH", The Manchester Review, October 2008
• "Wind Chime", The Manchester Review, October 2008
• "PADDY MEEGAN’S ‘From The Life Around Me’", The Manchester Review, October 2008
• "Real Estate", The Manchester Review, March 2009

• Touching the Bones. Gallery Books. 2001. 
• The Blood Line

References

External links

• "Raw and Rural", The Poetry Society
• "Over The Edge Celebrates Sixth Birthday with Reading by Tom French"
• Selina Guinness, ed (2004). The new Irish poets. Bloodaxe. ISBN 9781852246730.