Background
He was born in Cork in 1953, Dorgan was educated in North Monastery School.
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Theo Dorgan
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He completed a Bachelor in English and Philosophy and a Master of Arts in English at University College Cork, after which he tutored and lectured in that University, while simultaneously Literature Officer with Triskel Arts Centre in Cork.
Career
He currently lives in Dublin. He was visiting faculty at University of Southern Maine. He lives in Dublin with his partner, the poet and playwright Paula Meehan.
After Theo Dorgan"s first two collections, The Ordinary House of Love and Rosa Mundi, went out of print, and Dedalus Press reissued these two titles in a single volume What This Earth Cost United States
He has also published a selected poems in Italian, Louisiana Case ai Margini del Mundo, (Faenza, Moby Dick, 1999). Dorgan has edited The Great Book of Ireland (with Gene Lambert, 1991).
Revising the Rising (with Máirín Ní Dhonnachadha, 1991). Irish Since Kavanagh (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1996).
Watching the River Flow (with Noel Duffy, Dublin, Ireland/Éigse Éireann, 1999).
The Great Book of Gaelic (wiith Malcolm Maclean, Edinburgh, Canongate, 2002). And The Book of Uncommon Prayer (Dublin, Penguin Ireland, 2007). He has been Series of the European Translation Network publications and Director of the collective translation seminars from which the books arose.
A former Director of Ireland/Éigse Éireann, he has worked extensively as a broadcaster of literary programmes on both radio and television
His Jason and The Argonauts, to music by Howard Goodall, was commissioned by and premiered in the Royal Albert Hall in 2004. He was the scriptwriter for the acclaimed television documentary series Hidden Treasures, and a series of texts commissioned from him features in the dance musical Riverdance.
His songs have been recorded by a number of musicians, including Alan Stivell, Jimmy Crowley and Cormac Breathnach. He was presenter of Now on RTÉ Radio 1, and later presented RTÉ"s television books programme, "Imprint".
Achievements
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Among his awards are the Listowel Prize for Poetry, 1992 and the O"Shaughnessy Prize for Irish Poetry 2010. A member of Aosdána, he was appointed to The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon in 2003. He also served on the Board of Cork European Capital of Culture 2005. He was also awarded the 2015 Poetry Now Award for Nine Bright Shiners.
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Aosdána.
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Ireland
Awards
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Among his awards are the Listowel Prize for Poetry, 1992 and the O'Shaughnessy Prize for Irish Poetry 2010. A member of Aosdána, he was appointed to The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon in 2003. He also served on the Board of Cork European Capital of Culture 2005. He was also awarded the 2015 Poetry Now Award for Nine Bright Shiners.Among his awards are the Listowel Prize for Poetry, 1992 and the O'Shaughnessy Prize for Irish Poetry 2010. A member of Aosdána, he was appointed to The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon in 2003. He also served on the Board of Cork European Capital of Culture 2005. He was also awarded the 2015 Poetry Now Award for Nine Bright Shiners.