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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 is a famous Irish poet. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, on October 26, 1947. He has written many poems and books.
Trevor Joyce helped start the New Writers' Press in Dublin in 1967. This was a publishing company for new writers. He also helped create The Lace Curtain, a magazine about poetry.
He has been a special poetry fellow at the University of Cambridge. He also spent time writing in places like Cill Rialaig and the University of Galway. Trevor Joyce is also a co-founder of the SoundEye Festival. This is an annual poetry festival held in Cork City.
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About Trevor Joyce
Early Life and Education
Trevor Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1947. He grew up spending time in Dublin city and in the Galway Gaeltacht. The Gaeltacht is an area where the Irish language is mainly spoken.
His family on both his mother's and father's sides came from Galway. Two of his great-granduncles were famous. Patrick Weston Joyce was a historian who collected Irish music. Robert Dwyer Joyce was a poet and also collected music. Trevor Joyce has used elements of this folk music in some of his own poems.
He studied Philosophy and English at University College Dublin. Later, in 1984, he moved to Cork. There, he studied Mathematical Sciences at University College Cork. He still lives in Cork today.
His Work in the Arts
In the early 1980s, Trevor Joyce taught about classical Chinese poetry. He gave seminars and lectures in Dublin and Oxford.
He helped create the New Writers' Press (NWP) in Dublin in 1967. This group supported new writers. He also helped edit The Lace Curtain, a magazine for poetry and criticism.
Trevor Joyce is also a director of the SoundEye Festival. This is an annual festival in Cork City that celebrates poetry.
Trevor Joyce's Books and Poems
Early Writings
Trevor Joyce started publishing books early in his career. Some of his first books include Sole Glum Trek (1967) and Watches (1969). He also wrote Pentahedron (1972).
One of his important early works is The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine (1976). This book is his own version of an old Irish story called Buile Shuibhne. Another famous Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, also translated this story later.
Later Works and Style
After a long break, Trevor Joyce started publishing again in 1995. He released stone floods, then 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 major poems from 1966 to 2000. Later, in 2007, What's in Store: Poems 2000–2007 came out. In 2009, he published Courts of Air and Earth.
His poems are found in many collections, like Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry.
Trevor Joyce uses many different styles in his poetry. He writes in both traditional and experimental ways. He has also created his own versions of old Chinese and Middle-Irish poems. He calls these "workings" instead of "translations." This means they are new poetic creations inspired by the original texts. This is similar to how the poet Ezra Pound worked.
He has also written articles about modern poetry. He has given many public readings of his work in Ireland, the UK, and the USA.
Awards and Recognition
Trevor Joyce has received several important awards for his poetry. In 2001, he received a Literary Bursary from the Irish Arts Council. He was also a Fulbright Scholar in 2002–03. This is a special award that allows people to study or teach in other countries.
In 2004, he became a member of Aosdána. This is a special group for Irish artists. He was also 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 2009/10. In 2017, he received the N. C. Kaser prize for poetry.
