Innti facts for kids
| Editor | Michael Davitt |
|---|---|
| Categories | Irish poetry |
| Frequency | Sporadic |
| First issue | 1970 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Based in | County Cork |
| Language | Irish language |
Innti was a special group of poets who wrote new kinds of Irish poetry. They were connected to a magazine with the same name. This magazine started in 1970.
The founders were Michael Davitt, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Gabriel Rosenstock, Louis de Paor, and Liam Ó Muirthile. These writers were students at University College Cork. They got ideas from Irish poets like Seán Ó Ríordáin and Seán Ó Riada. They also found inspiration from American movements like the Beat movement and the counterculture of the 1960s.
Not everyone liked their new style. Some traditional Irish writers didn't like their focus on city life, their modern ideas, or their American influences.
The Story Behind Innti
Before Innti, some important Irish poets wrote for a magazine called Comhar. Two poets who influenced Innti were Seán Ó Ríordáin and Seán Ó Tuama. Both were from the County Cork area.
Ó Ríordáin brought European styles and themes of modern city life into Irish poetry. Ó Tuama taught classes on Irish poetry at University College Cork. This is where Innti began in 1970.
New Ideas from Around the World
Innti was also shaped by the counterculture of the 1960s. This movement started in America and spread across the Western World. American poets like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac (from the Beat movement) were big influences.
Innti was different from the traditional Irish way of thinking. Many people used to see the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking areas) as a quiet, rural place. They thought it was a pure Irish place, unlike the "English decadence" in cities. Innti challenged this idea by embracing city life and new influences.
The poets of Innti were open to many different ideas. They looked beyond Irish sources. They were inspired by Eastern ideas, like the Tibetan Book of the Dead and Japanese haiku poetry. They also liked modern English and French poets such as E. E. Cummings, T. S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and Charles Baudelaire.
Some poets, like Rosenstock, even explored connections between Buddhism and ancient Irish mythology and Gaelic culture. They looked for links between different old traditions.
See also
- Modern literature in Irish
- Cúil Aodha and Corca Dhuibhne
