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Moya Cannon
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Irish Poet Moya Cannon at BU Castle. Tuesday, October 10, 2015.
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| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
Moya Cannon (born in 1956) is a well-known Irish writer and poet. She has published seven collections of her poems. Her most recent book is called Collected Poems, released in 2021.
About Moya Cannon
Moya Cannon was born in Dunfanaghy, a town in County Donegal, Ireland. She studied history and politics at University College Dublin. She also attended Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, England.
Early Life and Education
After finishing her studies, Moya Cannon moved to Galway, Ireland. There, she worked as a teacher. For several years, she taught at a special school. This school was for teenage children from the Traveller community.
She also taught classes on how to write creatively. These classes were held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She helped lead a special course for writers from all over the world at the university.
Her Poetry and Themes
Moya Cannon's Collected Poems was published in 2021. Her sixth collection, Donegal Tarantella, came out in 2019. Her first book of poems, Oar, won an award in 1991. It was called the Brendan Behan Memorial Award.
In her poems, Moya Cannon explores many interesting topics. She uses history, archaeology, and ancient art to understand our connection to the Earth. She also writes about geology (the study of rocks) and music.
A main idea in her poems is migration. This means the movement of living things from one place to another. She writes about birds migrating, people moving, and how cultures travel and change.
Awards and Recognition
Moya Cannon has been invited to read her poems in many places. She has shared her work in Ireland, Europe, and both North and South America. She has also read her poems in Japan and India.
Her poems have been translated into other languages. You can find her work in Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
In 2001, she received the O'Shaughnessy Award. This award came from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, USA. In 2011, she was a special professor at Villanova University. There, she taught about Irish Studies. She has also been an editor for Poetry Ireland Review. Moya Cannon is a member of Aosdána, a group that honors Irish artists.
