Augustus Young
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For the U.S. Representative from Vermont, see Augustus Young (representative)
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Augustus Young (born 1943 in Cork
, Ireland
) is an Irish poet.
as an epidemiologist and adviser to health authorities, and now lives in France
. His first collections of poems, Survival (1969) and On Loaning Hill (1972), already manifested a departure from the ‘reach for the shovel’ tendency in Irish writing. Since then he has regularly published collections of poems, including Danta Gradha: Love Poems from the Irish (1975, 1980), the three-part extended verse work The Credit (1980/1986) and Lampion and His Bandits: Literature of the Cordel in Brazil (1994). This period is covered in detail in The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1996).
More recent poetry publications include Diversifications (2009), a revised edition of Rosemaries (2009, first edition 1976), Days and Nights in Hendon (2002) and Lightning in Low Places (2000). He has also published many scientific papers.
The widely acclaimed autofiction Light Years (2002), his first full length work in prose, was followed by Storytime (2005) and The Secret Gloss: A Film Play on the Life and Work of Soren Kierkegaard (2009). His most recent full work in prose is The Nicotine Cat and Other People (2009).
Augustus Young’s poems and prose appear in anthologies and periodicals in
Ireland
, America
and the United Kingdom
and international online reviews (Cyphers, Sniper Logic, Books Ireland, London Magazine, Hopscotch, Modern Poetry in Translation, Leviathan Quarterly, Arete, Ars Interpres, Stand, An Sionnach, New Hibernia
Review, Temporel, Golden Handcuffs, Carte Allineate etc.).
There is a regular webzine of new and unpublished work.
Augustus Young (representative)
Augustus Young was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Arlington, Vermont on March 20, 1784. He completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Stowe. He moved to Craftsbury and was elected a member of the Vermont House of...
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Augustus Young (born 1943 in Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
) is an Irish poet.
Biography
Young worked in LondonLondon
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as an epidemiologist and adviser to health authorities, and now lives in France
France
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. His first collections of poems, Survival (1969) and On Loaning Hill (1972), already manifested a departure from the ‘reach for the shovel’ tendency in Irish writing. Since then he has regularly published collections of poems, including Danta Gradha: Love Poems from the Irish (1975, 1980), the three-part extended verse work The Credit (1980/1986) and Lampion and His Bandits: Literature of the Cordel in Brazil (1994). This period is covered in detail in The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1996).
More recent poetry publications include Diversifications (2009), a revised edition of Rosemaries (2009, first edition 1976), Days and Nights in Hendon (2002) and Lightning in Low Places (2000). He has also published many scientific papers.
The widely acclaimed autofiction Light Years (2002), his first full length work in prose, was followed by Storytime (2005) and The Secret Gloss: A Film Play on the Life and Work of Soren Kierkegaard (2009). His most recent full work in prose is The Nicotine Cat and Other People (2009).
Augustus Young’s poems and prose appear in anthologies and periodicals in
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, America
Americas
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and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and international online reviews (Cyphers, Sniper Logic, Books Ireland, London Magazine, Hopscotch, Modern Poetry in Translation, Leviathan Quarterly, Arete, Ars Interpres, Stand, An Sionnach, New Hibernia
Review, Temporel, Golden Handcuffs, Carte Allineate etc.).
There is a regular webzine of new and unpublished work.