Peter Sirr has been awarded the 2011 Michael Hartnett Prize in Poetry. The prize of €6500 is awarded to a single collection, that must be a poet's third or subsequent book published in the last two years. Sirr, born in Waterford and a member of Aosdána, was the winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1982 and a former editor of Poetry Ireland Review. The adjudicators for the award were James Harpur, Thomas McCarthy and Mary O'Malley.
Monday 21 February 2011
Peter Sirr wins Michael Hartnett Prize in Poetry
Peter Sirr has been awarded the 2011 Michael Hartnett Prize in Poetry. The prize of €6500 is awarded to a single collection, that must be a poet's third or subsequent book published in the last two years. Sirr, born in Waterford and a member of Aosdána, was the winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1982 and a former editor of Poetry Ireland Review. The adjudicators for the award were James Harpur, Thomas McCarthy and Mary O'Malley.
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