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Article: Sean O Tuama.(In memoriam)
- Article from:
- Irish Literary Supplement
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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DURING THE PAST HALF CENTURY, Sean O Tuama (1926-2006) achieved notable successes in his creative writing in Irish and in his literary judgments which pervade the content of reference works, shape the contours of the canon of, and the scholarly discourse in and concerning, Modern Irish Gaelic Literature. A cautious and close reader of texts during his well-attended lectures on Modern Irish poetry at University College, Cork, O Tuama stimulated the next generation of writers in Irish to revolutionize its subject matter, structure, and forms.
To animate his vision of Irish Gaelic letters, Sean O Tuama took on various roles: poet, playwright, critic, university ...