Derek Mahon | |
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 Mahon in 2010 | |
| Born | 23 November 1941 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 1 October 2020 (aged 78) Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet Journalist |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
Norman Derek Mahon[1] (23 November 1941 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish poet.[2] He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland but lived in a number of cities around the world. At his death it was noted that his, "influence in the Irish poetry community, literary world and society at large, and his legacy, is immense".[3] President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said of Mahon; "he shared with his northern peers the capacity to link the classical and the contemporary but he brought also an edge that was unsparing of cruelty and wickedness."[4]
- ^ "Mahon, (Norman) Derek". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (6 November 2022). "Derek Mahon". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Belfast-born poet Derek Mahon dies aged 78". BBC News. 2 October 2020.
- ^ Neville, Steve; Cleary, Mairéad (2 October 2020). "'Yet another artist gone from us in recent times': Poet Derek Mahon dies aged 78". Irish Examiner.