She has published six collections of poetry: There Was Fire in Vancouver (1996), Between Here and There (2001), The State of the Prisons (2005), Through the Square Window (2009), and Parallax (2013), the second, third and fourth of which were shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. In 2017 she published her sixth collection On Balance, which was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry.
Awards
She won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1990. Her collection, The State of the Prisons, was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award in 2006. The same collection won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize in 2005. In November 2007, she received a Lannan Foundation Fellowship for "distinctive literary merit and for demonstrating potential for continued outstanding work".[3] Her poem "Through the Square Window" won first prize in the 2007 British National Poetry Competition.[7] Her collection, Through the Square Window, won the Poetry Now Award for 2010.[8]
In January 2014 Morrissey won the T.S. Eliot Prize for her fifth collection Parallax.[2] The chair of the judging panel, Ian Duhig, remarked that the collection was 'politically, historically and personally ambitious, expressed in beautifully turned language, her book is as many-angled and any-angled as its title suggests.'[9]
In September 2017 Morrissey's sixth collection On Balance was awarded the Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection. In 2019 she was a contributor to A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West (Gingko Library).
Bibliography
There Was Fire in Vancouver (Carcanet Press, 1996)
Meade, Declan (Winter 2002–2003). . The Stinging Fly. 1 (14). Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
McConnell, Gail. "Poetry International Web - Sinead Morrissey". Poetry International Web Foundation. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
Dr Sinead Morrissey' profile at The Queen's University, Belfast
February 13, 2023
sinéad, morrissey, born, april, 1972, portadown, county, armagh, northern, irish, poet, january, 2014, eliot, prize, fifth, collection, parallax, 2017, forward, prize, poetry, sixth, collection, balance, sinead, morrissey, durham, book, festival, 2015, content. Sinead Morrissey born 24 April 1972 in Portadown County Armagh 1 is a Northern Irish poet 2 3 In January 2014 she won the T S Eliot Prize for her fifth collection Parallax and in 2017 she won the Forward Prize for Poetry for her sixth collection On Balance Sinead Morrissey at the Durham Book Festival in 2015 Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Awards 4 Bibliography 5 Pamphlets and Limited Editions 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksLife EditIn my dream the dead have arrived to wash the windows of my house There are no blinds to shut them out with The clouds above the Lough are stacked like the clouds are stacked above Delft They have the glutted look of clouds over water The heads of the dead are huge I wonder if it s my son they re after his effortless breath his ribbon of years but he sleeps on unregarded in his cot inured it would seem quite naturally to the sluicing and battering and pairing back of glass that delivers this shining exterior excerpt from Through the Square Window 4 Raised in Belfast she was educated at Trinity College Dublin where she took BA and PhD degrees After periods living in Japan and New Zealand she now lives in Newcastle She was appointed writer in residence and then Reader in Creative Writing at Queen s University Belfast In 2016 she was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle 5 Morrissey has two children 6 Works EditShe has published six collections of poetry There Was Fire in Vancouver 1996 Between Here and There 2001 The State of the Prisons 2005 Through the Square Window 2009 and Parallax 2013 the second third and fourth of which were shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize In 2017 she published her sixth collection On Balance which was awarded the Forward Prize for Poetry Awards EditShe won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1990 Her collection The State of the Prisons was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award in 2006 The same collection won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize in 2005 In November 2007 she received a Lannan Foundation Fellowship for distinctive literary merit and for demonstrating potential for continued outstanding work 3 Her poem Through the Square Window won first prize in the 2007 British National Poetry Competition 7 Her collection Through the Square Window won the Poetry Now Award for 2010 8 In January 2014 Morrissey won the T S Eliot Prize for her fifth collection Parallax 2 The chair of the judging panel Ian Duhig remarked that the collection was politically historically and personally ambitious expressed in beautifully turned language her book is as many angled and any angled as its title suggests 9 In September 2017 Morrissey s sixth collection On Balance was awarded the Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection In 2019 she was a contributor to A New Divan A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West Gingko Library Bibliography EditThere Was Fire in Vancouver Carcanet Press 1996 Between Here and There Carcanet Press 2001 The State of the Prisons Carcanet Press 2005 Through the Square Window Carcanet Press 2009 Parallax And Selected Poems Carcanet Press 2013 On Balance Carcanet Press 2017 Pamphlets and Limited Editions EditThe Italian Chapel Metal engravings by Maribel Mas Published by Andrew J Moorhouse Fine Press Poetry 2019 See also Edit Poetry portalList of Northern Irish writersReferences Edit Sinead Morrissey s page on the British Council s website a b Irish poet Sinead Morrissey wins prestigious TS Eliot Prize a b Detailed Biographical Information Sinead Morrissey Lannan Foundation Archived from the original on 30 August 2008 Retrieved 22 July 2008 The Poetry Society Through the Square Window The Poetry Society Archived from the original on 11 April 2008 Dr Sinead Morrissey Retrieved 13 March 2017 Brankin Una Dr Sinead Morrissey Poetry in motion Belfast Telegraph Retrieved 2 October 2016 The Poetry Society The Winner of the National Poetry Competition 2007 The Poetry Society Archived from the original on 11 April 2008 Sinead Morrissey wins 5 000 Irish Times Poetry Now award Irish Times 2010 03 27 Irish poet Sinead Morrissey wins prestigious TS Eliot Prize External links EditMeade Declan Winter 2002 2003 Sinead Morrissey in interview with Declan Meade The Stinging Fly 1 14 Archived from the original on 14 October 2014 Retrieved 17 August 2008 McConnell Gail Poetry International Web Sinead Morrissey Poetry International Web Foundation Retrieved 13 August 2012 Dr Sinead Morrissey profile at The Queen s University Belfast Profile on ContemporaryWriters com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sinead Morrissey amp oldid 1111887894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
