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Dawe, Gerald, 1952-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1952 April 22 - 2024 May

Biographical Note

Gerald Dawe was born in Belfast in 1952. He worked for a brief time as a librarian before moving on to Galway in 1974 where he lived and worked for many years. Dawe is a founding editor of the arts review Krino. Besides being a noted poet and editor, Dawe has also published collections of his own essays and reviews. He retired from teaching in 2017.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Dawe, Gerald, 1975-1990, 2003-2009, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4-12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence to Gerard Fanning, both personal and professional.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1975-1990, 2003-2009, undated

Dawe, Gerald, 1992-1997

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: C0148389], Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Irish poet, playwright, and fiction writer Francis Harvey, composed of audiovisual recordings, correspondence, diaries and notes, collected ephemera, and writings. His correspondence is both personal and professional and includes letters from contemporary poets Gerald Dawe, John F. Deane, Madge Herron, Anthony Glavin, Benedict Kiely, and many more.The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of Harvey’s writings, which over time...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 1992-1997

Dawe, Gerald ("Gerry"), 1979-1993, 2009-2012

 File — Box 5: [Barcode: C0148356], Folder: 4-5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence and collected materials from and about Deane's friends, colleagues, and associated organizations. Includes many drafts of literary work sent to Deane for comment, both in his personal capacity and as editor of Dedalus Press.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Contracts and personal financial documents are closed for 75 years from the date of creation for privacy concerns.

Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 1979-1993, 2009-2012

Dawe, Gerald, holiday and greeting cards, 1987-2015

 File — Box 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Custom printed cards featuring a poem by Dawe. Poems include "Argentina", "The Bells of St. Nicholas", "Bostonians", "Compass", "Déjà-vu", "Delta", "Fifty/Fifty", "Fin de siècle", "The Gift", "Homecoming", "The Lamp", "Leave taking", "Mayo Mantra", "Mickey Finn's Air", "Moving", "On Mill Street", "Parting Shot", "A Promise", "Questions of Geography", "Snap", "Snap / Emigrant family leaving Derry", "Solo", "Straws in the Wind", "Sweet Time", "Travels", "The Watch", and "Windfall,...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1987-2015

Gerald Dawe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2000-016
Abstract

The papers document the career of twentieth and twenty-first century Irish author Gerald Dawe as a poet, essayist, and academic, and consist of clippings, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts and typescripts, notebooks, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1952 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2023

Dawe, Gerald, signed broadsheets, 1996, 1998

 File — Shared_box 5464, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of late-twentieth-century Irish poet Gerard Fanning, composed of correspondence, journals, poetry, and photographs. Personal and professional correspondence includes letters from contemporary poets Gerald Dawe, John Deane, Frank Ormsby, Colm Tóibín, among others. Fanning's personal papers feature journals and family photographs, particularly from the 1970s. Papers documenting his career as a poet encompass materials from the two literary periodicals he edited in the 1970s for...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1996, 1998

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