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Trevor Joyce
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Trevor Joyce reading his poems in Los Angeles, 2020.
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| Born | 26 October 1947 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet, 1967 – present |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Notable works | The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine (1976) with the first dream of fire they hunt the cold (2001) What's in Store (2007) |
| Relatives | Great-granduncles: Patrick Weston Joyce and Robert Dwyer Joyce |
Trevor Joyce (born October 26, 1947) is an Irish poet from Dublin. He is known for his unique poetry style, which mixes old and new techniques.
He helped start a publishing company called New Writers' Press (NWP) in Dublin in 1967. He also helped create a magazine called The Lace Curtain; A Magazine of Poetry and Criticism in 1968.
Trevor Joyce was a special poetry visitor at the University of Cambridge in 2009 and 2010. He also spent time as a writer-in-residence at places like Cill Rialaig in County Kerry and the University of Galway. He is also a co-founder and director of the yearly SoundEye Festival held in Cork City.
About Trevor Joyce
Trevor Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1947. He grew up spending time in both Dublin city and the Galway Gaeltacht. A Gaeltacht is an area in Ireland where the Irish language is still the main language spoken. His family comes from Galway.
Two of his great-granduncles were famous. They were Patrick Weston Joyce, a historian who collected Irish music, and Robert Dwyer Joyce, a poet who also collected music. Trevor Joyce has used parts of the folk music collected by Patrick Weston Joyce in some of his recent poems.
In the early 1980s, Trevor Joyce taught and gave talks about old Chinese poetry in Dublin and Oxford. He studied Philosophy and English at University College Dublin. In 1984, he moved to Cork. There, he studied Mathematical Sciences at University College Cork. He lives in Cork today.
His Books and Poems
Some of Trevor Joyce's early books include Sole Glum Trek (1967) and Watches (1969). He also wrote The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine (1976). This book is his own version of an old Irish story called Buile Shuibhne. Another famous poet, Seamus Heaney, later translated this same story.
After not publishing much for about 20 years, Joyce started writing again in 1995 with stone floods. Other books followed, like Syzygy and Without Asylum (1998). In 2001, he published with the first dream of fire they hunt the cold. This book collected most of his important poems from 1966 to 2000.
In 2007, he released What's in Store: Poems 2000–2007. Then, in 2009, he published Courts of Air and Earth. His poems can be found in many collections, including Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry.
How He Writes Poetry
Trevor Joyce uses many different styles and methods in his poetry. He writes in traditional ways, but also tries modern and experimental styles. He has created special versions of poems from Chinese and from old Irish. He calls these "workings" instead of "translations." This is because he reimagines the poems in a poetic way, like the famous poet Ezra Pound did. They are not just direct word-for-word translations.
He has also tried out poetry projects online, like a team project called OffSets. A collection of his poems from after 2000, called What's in Store, came out in 2007. Another collection of his new and old Irish translations, Courts of Air and Earth, was published in 2009. This book was even nominated for an award!
Trevor Joyce has also written several articles about modern poetry. He has given talks and read his poems in Ireland, the UK, and the USA.
Awards and Honors
Trevor Joyce has received several awards for his writing:
- In 2001, he received a Literary Bursary from the Irish Arts Council.
- He was a Fulbright Scholar in 2002 and 2003. This is a special award that lets people study or teach in other countries.
- In 2004, he became a member of Aosdána. This is a group of Irish artists who are recognized for their important work.
- He was the first writer to receive a fellowship from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation.
- He held the Judith E Wilson Fellowship for poetry at the University of Cambridge in 2009 and 2010.
- In 2017, he won the N. C. Kaser prize for poetry.
