Conleth O'Connor
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O'Connor was born in 1947.[5] His family were from Dún Laoghaire, but he grew up in Camolin, County Wexford.[2]
Career
O'Connor published four collections of poetry and was elected to Aosdána, an elite association of Irish artists, serving as Toscaire (co-leader) in 1990.[6] He worked at the Irish Writers Centre and Irish Writers Union. He contributed to The Great Book of Ireland and died in 1993.[7]
He most admired Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan and Miroslav Holub.[8]
Anthony Cronin described O'Connor as "one of Ireland's most distinctive and experimental poets until his premature death in 1993, dissecting the realities of modern Irish life."[9] Anne Haverty wrote a poem in his honour in a 1997 issue of Books Ireland, "Death's Gift."[10]