Brendan Cleary

Brendan Cleary (born 1958) is an English poet born in Northern Ireland.

Early years
Cleary was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, where he attended Carrickfergus Grammar School. He moved in 1977 to Middlesbrough, a large town in northeast England, in order to attend Teesside Polytechnic. He then settled in Newcastle, where he founded Echo Room Press and was also the editor of Stand Magazine. Cleary earned a MA from Sunderland Polytechnic, which later became University of Sunderland in 1992.

His collections include The Irish Card, Sacrilege, and Stranger in the House published by Wrecking Ball Press. His most recent work, Weightless, has been "described as a modern blues".

Cleary lives in Brighton, located on the south coast of England, where he also teaches poetry.