Peter Fallon (poet)

Peter Fallon
Fallon at Slane Castle in 2022
Born1951 (age 7374)
NationalityIrish
Occupations
  • Poet
  • editor
  • publisher
  • professor
Years active20th and 21st centuries
Known forGallery Press
Spouse
Jean Barry
(m. 1986)
Children3
RelativesBP Fallon (brother)
Awards
Academic background
Education
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Academic work
DisciplineLiterature
Sub-discipline
Institutions
WebsiteOfficial website

Peter Fallon (born 1951) is an Irish poet, editor and publisher. As of 2023, he has edited and published 500 books of poetry and drama, and ten volumes of his own work have been released since 1971. He was elected a member of Aosdána, Ireland's arts academy, by his peers, and has been a professor at multiple universities, as well as a writer-in-residence and the presenter on multiple literary tours. Fallon is the subject of a 2014 festschrift, which included 17 poems in his honour, including one by Seamus Heaney.