Patrick Cotter (poet)

Patrick Cotter is an Irish poet based in Cork city. Born in 1963, he has published several collections of poetry. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Munster Literature Centre.[1]

Cotter studied at University College Cork. In 1984 he was shortlisted for a Hennessy New Irish Writing prize, and four years later, was runner-up in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. In 2013, he received the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry for the poem, "Madra".[2][3]

Publications
  • The Misogynist’s Blue Nightmare (Raven Arts Press)
  • A Socialist’s Dozen (Three Spires Press)
  • The True Story of Aoife and Lir’s Children & other poems (Three Spires Press).
  • Perplexed Skin (Arlen Press, 2008)
  • Making Music (Three Spires Press, 2009)
  • Moosebeetle Swallow, translations of the Estonian poet Andres Ehin (Southword Editions).
  • Beauty and the Stalker (play, 2000)[4]
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References
  1. "About Munster Literature Centre". www.munsterlit.ie. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  2. O'Loughlin, Vanessa (2013). "Both Keats-Shelley Prizes for 2013 won by Irish Writers :)". Writing.ie. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  3. "The Tuesday Poem". Irish Examiner. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. "Reviews and Criticism Editor: Patrick Cotter". Southword Editions. Retrieved 12 May 2017.



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