Desmond Egan Bibliography
GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS
The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature The Influential Irish (Dublin 2006)
The Gill Encyclopaedia of Ireland Modern Irish Writers : a Biography Modern Irish Lives
Dictionary of Irish Literature Who’s Who in Ireland
Woven Shades of Green (USA, 2019)
CRITICAL STUDIES
Kenner, Hugh (ed). Desmond Egan: the Poet and his Work.
Arkins Brian. Desmond Egan: A Critical Study.
POETRY IN ENGLISH
Midland. 1973 o/p .
Leaves. 1975 o/p .
Siege!. 1976 o/p.
Woodcutter. 1978 o/p.
Athlone?. 1980 o/p.
Snapdragon. 1981 limited ed. o/p.
Seeing Double. 1983.
A Song for my Father. 1983 o/p .
Poems for Eimear. 1990 limited ed. o/p.
Peninsula. 1990.
Prelude. 1999 o/p.
In the Holocaust of Autumn. 1994.
Famine 1997. reprinted 2012.
Music. 2000.
The Hill of Allen. 2001 o/p.
The Outdoor Light. 2005 .
Short Circuits. Limited Edition of 100. 2008.
Athlone. Limited Edition of 40 with poem in manuscript. 2010.
Athlone Athlone 2010.
Hopkins in Kildare. 2012.
Epic. 2015.
PROSE COLLECTIONS
The Death of Metaphor. 1983 o/p.
The Bronze Horseman. 2008.
Hopeful Hopkins. 2017.
TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK DRAMA
Medea by Euripides.
Philoctetes by Sophocles .
COLLECTIONS
Collected Poems. 1983. reprinted 1984 o/p
Poems for Peace. 1986 o/p.
Selected Poems. ed. Hugh Kenner. 1992
Elegies Selected Poems. 1996.
BOOKS IN TRANSLATION
(dual language unless otherwise stated)
French (7)
Terre et Paix. 1989 tr. Patrick Rafroidi, Daniel Jacquin et al.
Holocauste d’Autumne. 1998 tr. Jean Poncet.
Peninsula. 1996 tr. Jean Paul Blot.
Elegies 2000 tr. Bruno Gaurier.
Music et Autres Poemes. 2005 tr. Jean Paul Blot.
(Prix du livres Insulaires, 2005).
Athlone. 2015 tr. Bruno Gaurier.
Famine. 2018 tr. Bruno Gaurier
German (2)
Meine Geschichte der Irischen Dichtung/ My Irish Poem.s 1995. tr. S.Kohl; M. Pfister et al.
Gedichte/ Poems. 1999. tr. U. Borgmann/ S. Kohl .
Dutch
Echobogen/ Echo Arches. 1990. tr. P Nijmeijer.
Russian (2)
Selected Poems. 1999 tr. Alla Savtchenko, Maria Popova.
Poems 2000. tr. Alla Savtchenko.
Italian (4)
Quel Sole Storno Che Gelido Passa. 1992. tr. G. Serpillo Poesie.
Scelte/ Selected Poems. 1994. tr. F. Marroni Carestia.
Famine. 2000. tr. D. Abbate Badin.
Un Poeta di Irlanda 1990 tr. E. Bonventre
Spanish
De Hambruna/ Famine 2002 tr. Marcus Hormiga
Czech (2)
Smiluj nad Basnikem/ Have Mercy on the Poet 1992 tr. Ivana Bozdechová DESpectrum (CD included) Poems and appreciations 2002 /2007 tr. Ivana Bozdechová
Chinese
September Dandelion. 2008. tr. Jin Wenning
Polish
Poezje Wybrane/ Selected Poems. 2002. tr. Aleksandra Kedzierska
Japanese
Paper Cranes. 1995. tr. Akira Yasukawa et al.
Greek
Poiemata/ Poems. 2001. tr. G. Ghinis.
Croatian (2)
Christ in Connaught Street. 2009. tr. Emil Cic .
Elegies 2018. tr. Nikola Duretic.
Hungarian
Selected Poems. 2000. tr. Tomas Kabdebo.
Bulgarian
Selected Poems. 1999. tr. D. Paryeba.
Slovenian
Too Little Peace/ Selected Poems. 2007. tr. Robert Simonisek.
Swedish
How Lonely the Soul. tr. Lena Koster. 2019.
EDITOR
Poiemata. 1972.
Focus. (with Eoghan O Tuairisc). 1972 .
Choice An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry. with Michael Hartnet.t 1973.
The Deserted Village edited, with Introduction 1974, reprinted 1977
Bourke Brian.Marcel Marceau Drawings Introduction 1978
Bourke Brian. Catalogue of his Work. editor 1982. Lost in the Woods Introduction,1992
James McKenna; A Celebration ed. with Introduction 2007
James McKenna The Complete Catalogue ed. with Introduction 2008
REVIEW EDITOR
Era Magazine 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 1975 to 1978
POSTER POEMS
Requiem Illustrated by Charles Cullen
Listening to John McCormack Illustrated by Charles Cullen
Needing the Sea Illustrated by Alex Sadkowski
Brother Sister Chile Illustrated by Kathy Owens
For Benjamin Moloise Illustrated by James McKenna
First Communion: For Rudy Romano. Illustrated by Henry Flanagan.
Understanding God Too Quickly In Topeka. Illustrated by John Hunter .
For Bill Langdon. Illustrated by Wilhelm Fockersperger.
Freedom. Illustrated by Wilhelm Fockersperger .
Peace. illustrated by Brian Bourke .
Forget Me Not
Requiem. illus. by James McKenna. 2018.
AWARDS etc.
The National Poetry Foundation of USA Award. 1983. Chicago Haymarket Literary Award. 1987
The Farrell Prize. 1989.
Stanford Prize 1990
Honorary Doctorate in Literature, Washburn University. USA. 1996.
Bologna (Italy) Literary Award. 1998.
Premio Anfiosso Literary Award (Italy) 2001
Literary Award of Macedonia. 2004.
Ouessant (France) International Literary Award 2005. Arpino (Italy): Il Libro di Pietra plaque 2010 Newbridge Town Culture Award 2012
Kildare County Council Literature Award 2015 IBAM Chicago Literature Award 2015
OFFICES HELD
Founder and Artistic Director, The Gerard Manley Hopkins International Festival 1987 to present Juror The Neustadt International Literature Award University of Oklahoma 1999
Cultural Relations Committee, Dept. of Foreign Affairs two terms: 2000 to 2006 Hon. President, The Classical Society of Ireland, 2004
PORTRAITS
Brian Bourke 1972
Triptique 1988
Charles Cullen 1974
Alex Sadkowsky 1982
Wilhelm Fockersperger c.10 times Chinese Artist 1990
James McKenna 1998
ESSAYS PUBLISHED
various Countries incl. USA, UK, France, Germany, Ireland
CONFERENCE LECTURER/READER USA
Italy Sardinia France UK; German;y Spain; Macedonia; Belgium; Croatia; Nicaragua; Austria; South Korea (Keynote) China; Japan; Sweden; Ireland: W.B. Yeats Conference; First Creative Writing Director Patrick Kavanagh Weekend ; UCD First Poet in Residence; Galway Classical Conference; John Broderick Weekend, Athlone; Ireland Classical Society Presidential Address NUI Maynooth; French and English Groups The Hopkins Festival; Michael Hartnett Weekend, Dublin.
SELECTED ARTICLES
The Book of Kells Art and Antiques. USA. c.1990.
Peter Connolly. The Furrow.
The Dominicans of Galway. 1991.
Patrick Kavanagh in P.K. Man and Poet. USA. 1991.
Happy Hopkins. Studies. Winter 2012.
Art and Illness 2nd World Humanities Forum Proceedings. 2012.
Gabriel Marcel. Kansas Journal. 2019.
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