This article is about the 20th-century Irish poet. For the 18th-century English poet, see John Brown (18th century).
John Brown, As the Crow Flies, Lagan Press, 2003. Courtesy Amazon.com.
John Brown (born 1961) is an Irish poet and editor.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Brown was born in co. Derry in 1961.[1]
He studied English literature at Bristol University and Scottish literature at Edinburgh University.[1]
Career[]
In the 1980s he edited a literary magazine, Gown Literary Supplement, in Belfast. He writes articles on poetry and visual art for journals and magazines both within and beyond Ireland.[1]
For several years he was a Literature Officer with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.[1]
He is writer-in-residence at Magilligan Prison.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- As the Crow Flies. Belfast: Lagan Press, 2003.
Non-fiction[]
- Rough Water, Well Water: Memoirs from Derry & the north-west. Londonderry: Verbal Arts Centre, 2004.
Edited[]
- In the Chair: Interviews with poets from the north of Ireland. Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland: Salmon, 2002.
- Matthew Ewart, A Feather on a Finger: Selected poems. Limavady, Co. Derry: Books Upstairs / Londonderry: Verbal Arts Centre, 2004.
- Magnetic North: The emerging poets. Londonderry: Verbal Arts Centre / Belfast: Lagan Press, 2006.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 As the Crow Flies, Lagan Press. Web, Jan. 18, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:John Brown, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Jan. 18, 2017.
External links[]
- Books
- John Brown at Amazon.com
- About
- John Brown at Lagan Press
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