Austin Clarke (poet)

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Austin Clarke ( Irish : Aibhistín ÓʹCleirigh ; born May 9, 1896 in Dublin ; † March 19, 1974 ) was an Irish playwright and writer who, along with Patrick Kavanagh and Louis MacNeice, is one of the most important Irish poets of the generation after William Butler Yeats .

Austin Clarke, plaque in Saint Patrick's Park, Dublin, 1988

Life

Austin Clarke studied after attending the Belvedere College Jesuit School at University College Dublin and made his literary debut during this time in 1917 with the volume of poetry The Vengeance of Fionn , the first of a total of 18 poetry collections. At the beginning, his epic-lyrical poems were under the influence of William Butler Yeats and his enthusiasm for Irish Gaelic mythology , before he became a technically accomplished poet over time, satirical , but also critical of Irish sentiments.

Between 1922 and 1937 he was Clarke as a literary critic and journalist in England . There he wrote his first novel The Bright Temptation in 1932 , which was not allowed to appear in Ireland until 1954. At the same time he was one of the co-founders and later also President of the Irish Academy of Letters in 1932 .

Upon returning to Dublin in 1937, he also became a noted playwright and follower of verse drama , which he promoted by founding the Dublin Verse-Speaking Society in 1941. His stage works are strongly influenced by Irish legends and were published in 1963 as a collected work.

In addition to the two autobiographical works Twice Round the Black Church (1962) and A Penny in the Clouds (1968), his collected poems were published in 1974 under the title Collected Poems .

His other publications include Poetry in Modern Ireland (1951), Later Poems (1961), Flight to Africa: And other poems (1963), The Son of Learning: A Comedy in Three Acts (1964), Mnemosyne lay in dust (1966 ), Echo at Coole & Other Poems (1968), A Penny in the Clouds: More Memories of Ireland and England (1968) and The Impuritans (1973).

literature

  • DJ: Patrick Kavanagh and Austin Clarke: A Student's Guide to their Work. 1974.
  • Susan Halpern: Austin Clarke, his life and works. 1977.
  • Meyer's large dictionary of persons. Mannheim 1968, p. 260.
  • Chambrs' Biographical Dictionary. Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2 , p. 327.

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personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Austin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ÓʹCleirigh, Aibhistín (Irish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish poet and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1974