Geoffrey Squires

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Geoffrey Squires (born 16 November 1942, [1] in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish poet who works in what might loosely be termed the modernist tradition.

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Early life

While born in Derry, he grew up in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. He read English at Cambridge, and gained a PhD in multi-media instructional systems in adult education from the University of Edinburgh in 1970. [2] During his career, Squires translated poems that were written in the Persian language and French language. [1] His early work was influenced by the poetry and poetics of Charles Olson.[ citation needed ]

Later life

Between the mid 1970s and mid 1990s, Squires wrote poetry and submitted education journal articles. By the 2000s, Squires began working for the University of Hull in charge of their education department while also working as a reader. [3] He is now retired [4] and lives in Hull. [1] American poet and critic Robert Archambeau has described his work as 'a poetry of immediate consciousness'. His more recent writings show the effect of the study of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's theory of perception. [3]

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Poetry

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geoffrey Squires". Shearsman Magazine issue 69/70. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. T.C., Squires, Geoffrey (1970). "Multi-media instructional systems in adult education, with special reference to information retrieval from textbooks". hdl:1842/17653.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 "Untitled and Other Poems". Stride Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  4. "Untitled III". Free Verse. Retrieved 3 March 2009.