David Wheatley
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David Wheatley is an Irish
poet and critic. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin
where he edited Icarus
. Wheatley is the author of four volumes of poetry with Gallery Press, as well as several chapbooks. He has also edited the work of James Clarence Mangan
, and features in the Bloodaxe anthology The New Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2005), and the Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol. 1 (Wake Forest UP, 2005).
He lives in the North of England and teaches at the University of Hull
's Philip Larkin Centre.
He was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award
, in 2007, and was awarded The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
, in 2008.
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...
poet and critic. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
where he edited Icarus
Icarus (magazine)
Icarus is a student literary magazine based in Trinity College, Dublin. It publishes three issues per academic year and accepts submissions of poetry, prose and drama from students, staff and alumni of Dublin University. It was founded in 1950 by Alec Reid and has been published with regularity...
. Wheatley is the author of four volumes of poetry with Gallery Press, as well as several chapbooks. He has also edited the work of James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan was an Irish poet.-Early life:Mangan was the son of a former hedge school teacher who took over a grocery business and eventually became bankrupt....
, and features in the Bloodaxe anthology The New Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2005), and the Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol. 1 (Wake Forest UP, 2005).
He lives in the North of England and teaches at the University of Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
's Philip Larkin Centre.
He was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award
Poetry Now Award
The Poetry Now Award is an annual literary prize presented for the best single volume of poetry by an Irish poet. The €5,000 award is presented during the annual Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Poetry Now international poetry festival. The festival began in 1996 and the first Poetry Now Award was bestowed...
, in 2007, and was awarded The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize is a biennial award that is offered alternately to enable an Australian poet to visit Ireland and to facilitate the visit of an Irish poet to Melbourne...
, in 2008.
Poetry
- Thirst (Gallery Press, 1997) (Rooney Prize for Irish Literature)
- Misery Hill (Gallery Press, 2000)
- Three-Legged Dog (with Caitriona O'ReillyCaitriona O'ReillyCaitríona O'Reilly is an Irish poet and critic. She took BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her poetry collection, The Nowhere Birds ; she has also held the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's...
; Wild Honey Press, 2002) - Mocker (Gallery Press, 2006)
- Architexts (with Cliff Forshaw, David Kennedy and Christopher ReidChristopher ReidChristopher Reid is a Hong Kong-born British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997. A contemporary of Martin Amis, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is one of the exponents of Martian poetry which employs...
; Hull City Council, 2007) - Lament for Ali Farka Touré (Rack Press, 2008)
- Drift (with Cliff Forshaw, David Kennedy, Simon Kerr and Christopher ReidChristopher ReidChristopher Reid is a Hong Kong-born British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997. A contemporary of Martin Amis, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is one of the exponents of Martian poetry which employs...
; Hull City Council, 2008) - Hide (collaborative; Hull City Council, 2010)
- A Nest on the Waves (Gallery Press, 2010)
Edited
- James Clarence Mangan, Poems (Gallery Press, 2003)
- Samuel Beckett, Selected Poems 1930-1989 (Faber and Faber, 2009)