Kevin Higgins. Photo by Arek Wnuk. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
| Kevin Higgins | |
|---|---|
| Born | London |
| Occupation | poet |
Kevin Higgins (born 1967) is an Irish poet.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Higgins was born in London of Irish parents. His family moved to Coventry in 1970, where he attended Sacred Heart Primary School,[1] but returned to Galway City in 1974, where he attended St. Patrick's Primary school [2] and St. Joseph's College (the Bish).[3]
At the age of 15 he joined Galway West Labour Party,[4] becoming an active member of the local Labour Youth section.[5]
Career[]
He lived in London in the late 1980s where he was active in the "anti-poll tax movement".[6]
Since the mid-1990s Higgins has lived in Galway, Ireland. With his wife Susan Millar DuMars, he co-organises the Over The Edge[7] literary events in Galway City. He also facilitates poetry workshops at the Galway Arts Centre; teaches creative writing at Galway Technical Institute' and was recently Writer-in-Residence at Merlin Park Hospital. He is the poetry critic of the Galway Advertiser.[8]
His poems have appeared in Metre, The Shop, Gargoyle, Magma and in the anthologies Short Fuse (Rattapallax Press), Breaking The Skin: New Irish poetry (Black Mountain Press) & 100 Poets Against The War (Salt Publishing). He was a founding co-editor of The Burning Bush literary magazine.[9]
In August 2010 Higgins contributed to an eBook collection of political poems entitled Emergency Verse - Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State edited by Alan Morrison [10]
Writing[]
Higgins is primarily a satirical poet. His poetry is discussed in Justin Quinn’s Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
His 2nd collection of poems, Time Gentlemen, Please,[11] was published in March 2008 by Salmon. In an interview in March 2008 he sharply criticised the contemporary left. Some of the poems in Time Gentlemen, Please were in turn criticised by the Socialist Workers Party [12] and other elements on the far left. However, others on the left have praised his work.[13]
Recognition[]
Higgins won the 2003 Cúirt Festival Poetry Grand Slam and was awarded a literature bursary by the Arts Council of Ireland in 2005.
His debut collection of poems, The Boy With No Face, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish Poet.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Boy with No Face. Cliffs of Mohare, County Clare, Ireland: Salmon, 2005.
- Time, Gentleman, Please. Cliffs of Mohare, County Clare, Ireland: Salmon, 2008.
"Pictures of Unfamiliars", read by Kevin Higgins
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[14]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Google Map
- ↑ http://stpatsprimary.blogspot.com
- ↑ http://www.bish.ie/
- ↑ http://www.labour.ie/galwaywest/
- ↑ http://www.labour.ie/youth/
- ↑ http://militant.org.uk/PollTax.html
- ↑ http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
- ↑ http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie/content/
- ↑ Kevin Higgins, Lone Voice in the Wind, Other Voices International Project. Web, Apr. 5, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.therecusant.org.uk The Recusant eZine
- ↑ http://www.salmonpoetry.com/timegentlemen.html
- ↑ http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/22/the-socialist-workers-party-turns-poetry-critic
- ↑ http://www.salmonpoetry.com/theboy.html#redbanner
- ↑ Search results = au:Kevin Higgins, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Apr. 5, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- "On A Prodigious Philanthropist’s Ghastly Second Death" at Eyewear
- Lone Voice in the Wind - 6 poems at the Other Voices International Project
- Audio / video
- Kevin Higgins featured on the Irish podcasting site Podcasts.ie
- Books
- Kevin Higgins at Amazon.com
- About
- Mentioning the War, Kevin Higgins's weblog.
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