Derry O'Sullivan
Derry O'Sullivan | |
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Portrait of Derry O`Sullivan by Reginald Gray, Paris, 2002 | |
| Born | Bantry, County Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet, professor |
| Language | Irish, French, English |
| Nationality | Irish |
Derry O'Sullivan is an Irish poet living in Paris, France. He was born in 1944 in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland.
His poetry collections in the Irish language are: "Cá bhfuil do Iudás?" (Dublin, Coiscéim, 1987) - winner of four Oireachtas Literary prizes and the Seán Ó Ríordáin Memorial Prize; "Cá bhfuil Tiarna Talún l’Univers?" (Dublin, Coiscéim, 1994); "An Lá go dTáinig Siad" (Dublin, Coiscéim, 2005), a long poem about the Nazi occupation of Paris, and "An bhfuil cead agam dul amach, más é do thoil é?" (Dublin, Coiscéim, 2009). He has participated in literary festivals in Ireland, France, the US and Canada and his work has been published in numerous literary reviews and anthologies.