Austin Clarke (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Austin Clarke (poet)

Irish writer

Date of Birth: 09-May-1896

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1974

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Austin Clarke (Irish: Aibhistín Ó Cléirigh) (9 May 1896 – 19 March 1974), born in 83 Manor Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin, was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W.
B.
Yeats.
He also wrote plays, novels and memoirs.
Clarke's main contribution to Irish poetry was the rigour with which he used technical means borrowed from classical Irish language poetry when writing in English. Effectively, this meant writing English verse based not so much on metre as on complex patterns of assonance, consonance, and half rhyme.
Describing his technique to Robert Frost, Clarke said "I load myself down with chains and try to wriggle free."