Richard Kell. Courtesy Poem Today.
Richard Alexander Kell (born 1927) is an Irish poet.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Kell, the 2nd of a Methodist missionary's 4 children, was born in Youghal, co. Cork, Ireland, in 1927.
He spent his early years in India
Kell began writing poetry at the age of 10, and at 18 achieved newspaper publication with his now widely known poem "Pigeons".
He was educated mainly in Belfast and Dublin, where he graduated from Trinity College.
Career[]
Kell taught in England, finally as a senior lecturer in English and American literature. He contributed critical essays and poetry reviews to various periodicals (including The Guardian), and after retirement co-edited Other Poetry.
His work has appeared in magazines, anthologies, and 15 solo collections large and small.
Until 1995 Kell also wrote a small amount of music. He had public performances by vocal and instrumental soloists and ensembles, and (including a few broadcasts) by 6 orchestras, among them the BBC Concert Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, and – while he was temporarily using the pseudonym Alec Richard – the Liverpool Philharmonic.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Fantasy Poets 35 (by Richard Kell; Bernard Bergonzi; Oscar Mellor) Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK: Fantasy Press, 1957.
- Control Tower. London, Chatto & Windus, 1962.
- Differences. London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.
- Humours: Poems. Sunderland, UK: Ceolfrith Press, 1978.
- Heartwood. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Northern House, 1978.
- The Broken Circle. Sunderland, UK: Ceolfrith Press, 1981.
- In Praise of Warmth: New and selected poems. Dublin, Dedalus Press, 1987.
- Rock and Water. Dublin: Dedalus Press, 1993.
- Collected Poems, 1962-1993. Belfast: Lagan Press, 2001.
- Under the Rainbow. Belfast: Lagan Press, 2003.
- Letters to Enid. Beeston, Nottingham, UK: Shoestring Press, 2004.
- Taking a Break: A lot of limericks. Beeston, Nottingham, UK: Shoestring Press, 2008.
- Hilarity and Wonder: Poems from science. Beeston, Nottingham, UK: Shoestring Press, 2011.
- Old Man Answering. Beeston, Nottingham, UK: Shoestring Press, 2014.
- Making Word Gifts. Beeston, Nottingham, UK: Shoestring Press, 2016.
- The Whispering Sky. Beeston, Nottingham, UK: Shoestring Press, 2020.
Anthologized[]
- Six Irish Poets. London: Oxford University Press, 1962.
- Five Irish Poets. Fredonia, NY: White Wine Press / Dublin: Dedalus Press, 1990.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[1]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Search results = au:Richard Kell, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 23, 2020.
External links[]
- Poems
- Richard Kell at PoemHunter ("Pigeons")
- "Fishing Harbour towards Evening"
- Books
- Richard Kell at Amazon.com
- About
- Kell, Richard (Alexander) at Encyclopedia.com
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