Sirr, Peter, 1960-
Biographical note
Peter Sirr was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1960, and grew up in Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin. He has published seven collections of poetry as well as radio plays and a novel for children. He has won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award (1982), the poetry prize at Listowel Writers' Week (1983), The O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry (1998), and the Michael Hartnett Award (2011). He is a member of Aosdána. In addition to writing, he was the director of the Irish Writers' Centre from 1991 to 2002 and was editor of Poetry Ireland Review from 2003 to 2007. He also taught literary translation at University College Dublin. He married fellow poet Enda Wyley, and they had one daughter.
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Name and Nature, correspondence, 2011-2014
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Sirr, Peter, and Enda Wyley, 2005
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.
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.