Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Cathal Ó Searcaigh

Irish poet

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1956

Place of Birth: Gortahork, Ireland

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Cathal Ó Searcaigh

  • Cathal Ó Searcaigh is a modern Irish language poet.
  • His work has been widely translated, anthologised and studied.
  • "His confident internationalism", according to Theo Dorgan, has channelled "new modes, new possibilities, into the writing of Irish language poetry in our time". From 1975 onwards he has produced poetry, plays, and travelogues.
  • His early poetry deals with place, tongue and tradition, with his late work showing a broader scope.
  • His work includes homoerotic love poems.
  • Jody Allen Randolph remarks "his breaking down of stereotypes and new deployment of gendered themes opened a new space in which to consider alternate sexualities within a contemporary Irish context." The critic John McDonagh argues that "Ó Searcaigh occupies many of the spaces that stand in opposition to the traditionally dominant markers of Irish identity".
  • In his anthology McDonagh goes on to say "Ó Searcaigh's homoerotic poems are explicit, relishing in a sensuality that for many years rarely found explicit expression in Irish literature."

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