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Gabriel Rosenstock

 
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Rosenstock, Gabriel (1949- ), poet and translator. Born in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, he was educated at UCC, where he was one of the Innti group of poets. He moved to Dublin, where he became editor at An Gúm. His first collection, Susanne sa Seomra Folctha (1973), was followed by Túirlingt (1978), Méaram! (1981), Om (1983), Nihil Obstat (1984), Migmars (1985), Rún na gCaisleán (1989), Ní Mian Léi an Fhilíocht Níos Mó (1993), among others. Rosenstock is a prolific translator, tackling Seamus Heaney in Conlán (1989), Georg Trakl in Craorag (1991), as well as numerous versions from Arab tradition. Bróg Kruschev (1998) is a short story collection.

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Gabriel Rosenstock is an Irish poet and haiku writer.

Biography

He was born in Kilfinane, County Limerick in 1949. He currently resides in Dublin.

Rosenstock's father was a doctor and writer from Schleswig-Holstein; his mother a nurse from County Galway. Gabriel was the third of six children and the first born in Ireland. He attended the National University of Ireland, Cork.

Rosenstock worked for some time on the television series Anois is Arís on RTÉ, then on the weekly newspaper Anois. He currently works with An Gúm, the publications branch of the North-South body which promotes the Irish language, Foras na Gaeilge.

Although he has worked in prose, drama and translation, Rosenstock is primarily known as a poet.

Rosenstock is a member of Aosdána, and two of his more recent works are Eachtraí Krishnamurphy (2003) and Krishnamurphy Ambaist (2004). His travel book Ólann mo mhiúil as an nGainséis (2003) provides an insight his beliefs, intellectual life, and philosophy.

His son Tristan Rosenstock is a member of the traditional Irish quintet Téada while his nephew is Mario Rosenstock .

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