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John Montague (28 February 1929 − 10 December 2016) was an Irish poet. Born in the United States , he was raised in Ulster in the north of Ireland . He published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir.
John Montague was an Irish poet, translator, and memoirist who explored themes of travel, exile, and identity. He was the first Ireland Professor of Poetry and the author of numerous collections, including The Rough Field and The Dead Kingdom.
Feb 27, 2024 · When a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur and the first-ever Ireland Professor of Poetry, John Montague, died in the Clinique du Parc Imperial at Nice, a powerful and turbulent adventure in ...
John Montague was an Irish poet, essayist, and short story writer who was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1929. He published more than thirty books of poetry, essays, and short stories, and received many awards and honors, including the Ireland Chair of Poetry and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.
John Montague was an Irish poet who played a pivotal role in the development of modern Irish poetry. He is often associated with the generation of Irish poets that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, alongside figures like Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley.
Oct 1, 2008 · John Montague (1929-2016) was an Irish poet, teacher and journalist, who wrote about Ireland, love, nature and history. Listen to his readings of some of his poems, such as 'The Same Gesture', 'The Water Carrier' and 'A Response to Omagh'.
Poet Biography. John Montague was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 28, 1929. His father, James Montague, an Ulster Catholic, from County Tyrone, had gone to America in 1925 to join his brother John. Both were sons of John Montague, who had been made a Justice of the Peace by England's Queen Victoria, combining his legal duties with being ...
