Patrick Cotter (poet)

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Patrick Cotter is an Irish poet based in Cork city. Born in 1963, he has published several collections of poetry. He is currently the artistic director of the Munster Literature Centre. [1]

Cotter studied at University College Cork. In 1984 he was shortlisted for a Hennessy New Irish Writing prize, and four years later, was runner-up in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. In 2013, he received the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry for the poem, "Madra". [2] [3]

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References

  1. "About Munster Literature Centre". www.munsterlit.ie. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. O'Loughlin, Vanessa (2013). "Both Keats-Shelley Prizes for 2013 won by Irish Writers :)". Writing.ie. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. "The Tuesday Poem". Irish Examiner. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.