Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland
Boland, 1996
Boland, 1996
BornEavan Aisling Boland
(1944-09-24)24 September 1944
Dublin, Ireland
Died27 April 2020(2020-04-27) (aged 75)
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationPoet, author, professor
LanguageEnglish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Period1962–2020
Notable awardsJacob's Award
1976
Spouse
Kevin Casey
(m. 1969)
Children2
RelativesFrederick Boland (father)
Frances Kelly (mother)

Eavan Aisling Boland[1] (/ˈvæn ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈblənd/, ee-VAN;[2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996.[3][4] Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history.[4] A number of poems from Boland's poetry career are studied by Irish students who take the Leaving Certificate. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.

  1. ^ Eavan Boland, Jody Allen Randolph, Bucknell University Press, 2014, p. xxii
  2. ^ "Eavan Boland - the new documentary celebrating a poetry legend". 6 March 2018 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ New York Times, "Eavan Boland, ‘Disruptive’ Irish Poet," April 28, 2020 [1]
  4. ^ a b "Eavan Boland". The Poetry Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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