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Conleth O'Connor (1947–1993) was an Irish poet.[1][2][3][4]

Conleth O'Connor
Born	1947 Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Died	1993 (age 45)
Occupation	Poet
Language	English
Years active	1976–1993
Spouse	Frances
Children	1

Early life

O'Connor was born in 1947.[5] His family were from Dún Laoghaire, but he grew up in Camolin, County Wexford.[2]

Career

O'Connor published four collections of poetry and was elected to Aosdána, an elite association of Irish artists, serving as Toscaire (co-leader) in 1990.[6] He worked at the Irish Writers Centre and Irish Writers Union. He contributed to The Great Book of Ireland and died in 1993.[7]

He most admired Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan and Miroslav Holub.[8]

Anthony Cronin described O'Connor as "one of Ireland's most distinctive and experimental poets until his premature death in 1993, dissecting the realities of modern Irish life."[9] Anne Haverty wrote a poem in his honour in a 1997 issue of Books Ireland, "Death's Gift."[10]

Bibliography

Poetry

• Trinities (1976)[11][12]
• The Judas Cry (1979)[13]
• Behind the Garden Gnomes (1982)[14]
• A Corpse Auditions Its Mourners: New and Selected Poems (1987)[15]
• Nights without Stars, Days Without Sun: Selected Poems (1997; posthumous)[16]

Plays

• The Re-Incarnation of Mr. Dogsbody[17]
• Two Letters and Overtime[18]

Personal life

O'Connor was married to Frances, a ceramicist; they had one child, Breffni.[8] He was a close friend of the writer Dermot Bolger.[19]

References

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