Macdara Woods

Macdara Woods (b. 1942) is an Irish poet born in Dublin.

Life

Macdara Woods is married to the poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, they have a grown-up son, Niall, a musician. He currently lives in Dublin and Umbria. A founder-editor of the Irish literary magazine Cyphers, he is a member of Aosdána (an organisation established by the Irish Government to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to the Arts in Ireland) since 1986.

Publications

Poetry Collections:

• Decimal D. Sec Drinks In A Bar In Marrakesh (1970), New Writers’ Press
• Early Morning Matins (1973), Gallery Press
• The King of the Dead & other Libyan Tales (1978), Martin, Brian & O’Keeffe
• Stopping The Lights In Ranelagh (1987, reprinted 1988), Dedalus Press
• Miz Moon (1988), Dedalus Press
• The Hanged Man Was Not Surrendering (1990), Dedalus Press
• Notes From The Countries Of Blood-Red Flowers (1994), Dedalus Press
• Selected Poems (1996), Dedalus Press
• Knowledge in the Blood, New and Selected Poems (2000, 2007), Dedalus Press
• The Nightingale Water (2001), Dedalus Press
• Artichoke Wine (2006), Dedalus Press

In Italian:

• Biglietto di Sola Andata (1998) Moby Dick Editrice, Faenza
• Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi (1999) Volumnia Editrice, Perugia

Edited books:

• The Kilkenny Anthology (1991), Kilkenny Co Council.
• (with Jim Vaughan), Present Tense: Words and Pictures (2006), Mayo Co Council

Woods's work has been translated into many languages. He has collaborated with musicians, notably Brendan Graham (Winter Fire & Snow, performed by Anúna and others), Benjamin Dwyer (In The Ranelagh Gardens), Militia (Above Pesaro/Con Pesaro ai Miei Piedi) and Richard Hartshorne (The Cello Suites).

Sources

Official site

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