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Mahon, Derek, 1941-2020

LC control no.n 50037879
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6063.A34
Personal name headingMahon, Derek, 1941-2020
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LocatedKinsale (Ireland)
Birth date1941-11-23
Death date2020-10-01
Place of birthBelfast (Northern Ireland)
Field of activityPoetry Translating and interpreting Drama Theater Journalism Poetry--Editing
AffiliationRoyal Belfast Academical Institution Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Université de Paris Aosdána (Organization)
Profession or occupationPoets Translators Dramatists Editors Theater critics Journalists
Found inHis Twelve poems, 1967.
25, 1995 : p. 19 (b. 1941 in Belfast)
Echo's grave, 2013: title page Derek Mahon) rear dust jacket flap (born in Belfast in 1941)
Irish writers online, April 15, 2014: entry for Derek Mahon (poet; translator; playwright; member of Aosdána)
Wikipedia, April 15, 2014: entry for Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941; Northern Irish poet; attended Royal Belfast Academical Institution; studied at Trinity College, Dublin and the Sorbonne; lives in Kinsale, Co. Cork)
Britannica academic edition, via WWW, April 15, 2014: entry for Derek Mahon (Northern Irish poet and translator; adapted literary texts for British television; worked as a poetry editor, reviewer, theatre critic, and journalist)
Irish Times, viewed October 2, 2020 (Derek Mahon ; died in Cork on Thursday night [10/01/2020] after a short illness at 78 ; contemporary Irish poet)
Associated languageeng