Trevor Joyce | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | 26 October 1947
Occupation | Poet, 1967 – present |
Nationality | Irish |
Notable works | The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine (1976) with the first dream of fire they hunt the cold (2001) What's in Store (2007) |
Relatives | Great-granduncles: Patrick Weston Joyce and Robert Dwyer Joyce |
Trevor Joyce (born 26 October 1947) is an Irish poet, born in Dublin.[1]
He co-founded New Writers' Press (NWP) in Dublin in 1967 and was a founding editor of NWP's The Lace Curtain; A Magazine of Poetry and Criticism in 1968.[2]
Joyce was the Judith E. Wilson Visiting Poetry Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2009/10[3] and he had residencies at Cill Rialaig, County Kerry, and at the University of Galway.[4][5] He is also co-founder and director of the annual SoundEye Festival that is held in Cork City.[6]