Alan Moore (poet)

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Alan Moore (born 1960, Dublin), is an Irish writer and poet, published by Anvil Press Poetry.

His first collection of poems, Opia (1986) was a UK Poetry Book Society Choice, a distinction for a first collection. [1] Michael Kenneally complimented Moore's creativity in Poetry in contemporary Irish Literature. [2]

His second collection, How Now! (2010) [3] was described as "a searingly autobiographical book which bears comparison with Paul Durcan's Daddy, Daddy," [4] and "a fine cumulative portrait of growing up in Ireland." [5] Another reviewer commented: "The deadpan, affectless tone of these childhood poems makes them all the more disturbing. Moore has no designs on the reader. The vignettes are presented in an almost forensic fashion, it is up to us to fill in the missing emotion, blanked by alcohol, repression, conformity." [6] Two of Moore's poems were included in the Dublin Poetry and Places Anthology "If Ever You Go" [7]

Educated by the Christian Brothers, he is a graduate of both University College Dublin (BA, English and Philosophy) and Trinity College Dublin (MBA). He worked in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (on the drafting of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) [8] and in legal publishing before becoming a tax consultant and publisher. He is widely known for his regular articles in The Sunday Business Post , [9] and is the author of the best-selling Tax Magic. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/pages/store/products/ec_view.asp?PID=3 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine ISBN   0-85646-161-X
  2. ↑ Kenneally, Michael (1995). Poetry in contemporary Irish literature. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 50. ISBN   0-86140-310-X.
  3. ↑ http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/pages/store/products/ec_view.asp?PID=275 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine ISBN   978-0-85646-432-4
  4. ↑ McAuliffe, John (26 February 2011). "Searing sketches of a suburban childhood". The Irish Times . Retrieved 4 February 2022.(subscription required)
  5. ↑ Caseley, C M (2011), Stride Magazine, http://www.stridemagazine.co.uk/Stride%20mag2011/May%202011/caseley.roundup.htm Archived 2011-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ O'Loughlin, Michael (2011), Poetry Ireland Review 103, ISBN   1-902121-41-4
  7. ↑ http://www.dedaluspress.com/p/if_ever_you_go_a_map_of_dublin_in_poetry_and_song Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine ISBN   978 19 06614874
  8. ↑ "1995 - 1998". Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "20 ways to cut your tax bill | the Post". Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "Taxworld Ireland - Irish Tax Law Legislation online - Intelligent tax technology".
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