Poet Derek Mahon

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Derek Mahon

Living place: Northern Ireland

Birthday: 23-11-1941 (83 years old)

Global rank: #87503

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Who is Poet Derek Mahon?
Notable for his collections Irish Times Poetry Now Winner of Harbor Lights (2005) and Life on Earth (2008), Mahon is also recognized for his translations of the work of Molière, Jean Racine , and Sophocles.
Some of his poems fall into the category of ekphrasis, which means they interpret visual artwork through language.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He published some of his first work in the Royal Belfast academical institute and later studied at both Trinity College, Dublin and the Paris Sorbonne. His first poetry collection, Night Crossing, was published in 1967.

Family life info

Born into a Protesant, working class family, he spent his youth in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Derek Mahon?
His verse form is 'like that of the nineteenth century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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When was Poet Derek Mahon born?
Derek Mahon birthday 23-11-1941 (at the age of 83).
Where is Poet Derek Mahon's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Derek Mahon was born in . is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Derek Mahon's global rank is 87503 and whose rank is 979 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1941 and 23-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Derek Mahon

  • Germany attacks the Balkans and Russia.
  • Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.
  • The first U.S. Lend-Lease shipment of food sent to Britain.

Birthday Derek Mahon (23-11) in history

  • Day 23-11 year 1889: The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco.
  • Day 23-11 year 1936: First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam.
  • Day 23-11 year 1945: U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended.
  • Day 23-11 year 1971: People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council.
  • Day 23-11 year 2003: Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia.
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