Seán Ó Tuama

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Seán Ó Tuama (1926 – 14 October 2006) was an Irish poet, playwright and academic.[1][2]

Seán Ó Tuama
Born1926
Cork, Ireland
Died14 October 2006 (age 80)
NationalityIrish
Occupations
  • poet
  • playwright
  • academic
Years active1950–1997

Life

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Raised in the southern city of Cork and educated at the North Monastery (North Mon) school and University College Cork, Ó Tuama first came to prominence in 1950 with his anthology of modern Irish language poetry titled Nuabhéarsaíocht 1939-1949.[3]

Notable academic works include An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine, an analysis of medieval and Renaissance European influences on Irish song, which is credited as being a source of inspiration for poets including Liam Ó Muirthile and Gabriel Rosenstock.[3] The anthology An Duanaire: Poems of the Dispossessed, a collection of poems in the Irish language dating from the 16th to 19th centuries selected by Ó Tuama and accompanied by translations of the poems into English by Thomas Kinsella, was published in 1981.

Ó Tuama was the Professor of Irish Literature at University College Cork, and visiting professor at Harvard, Oxford and Toronto University. He was also chairman of Bord na Gaeilge for a time,[3] and a member of the Arts Council of Ireland.[4]

Awards

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Works

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Poetry

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  • Faoileán Na Beatha (Baile Átha Cliath, An Chlochomar Tta., 1962)
  • Rogha dánta: Death in the Land of Youth: New and Selected Poems of Sean O Tuama. Translated by Peter Denman. Cork University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-1-85918-157-7.

Plays

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  • Gunna Cam agus Slabhra Oir. Drama Vearsaíochta Thrí Ghníomh (Baile Átha Cliath, Sairseal Agus Dill). Folens and Co. Ltd. 1973. ISBN 978-0-902592-52-0.
  • Ar aghaidh linn, a Longadáin
  • Moloney
  • Is é seo m'oileán
  • Corp Eoghain Uí Shúilleabháin
  • Déan trócaire ar shagairt óga
  • Iúdás Iscariot agus a bhean
  • Scéal ar Phádraig

Academic works

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  • An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine (An Clochomhar Tta., 1960)
  • An Grá i bhFilíocht na nUaisle (1988)

Anthologies

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  • Seán Ó Tuama, ed. (1981). An Duanaire: Poems of the Dispossessed. Translated by Thomas Kinsella. Dublin: Dolmen Press. ISBN 978-0-85105-363-9.
  • Coiscéim na hAoise Seo, an anthology of 20th-century poetry in Irish

Essays

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References

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  1. ^ Nollaig O Gadhra (17 September 2006). "Professor Sean O Tuama". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Ó TUAMA, Seán (1926–2006)". ainm.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Death of Seán Ó Tuama at 80". RTÉ News. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Áras Uí Thuama is officially opened at University College Cork (UCC)". University College Cork. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
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