KRF 2024: His Poetic Life - Dennis O'Driscoll's Personal Anthology
The renowned poet, critic, essayist and reviewer Dennis O’Driscoll lived in Naas for many years, until his untimely death in 2012. Naturally bookish, he won his first poetry competition as a child. He began his working life in Dublin Castle, in the Estate Duty Office, at the age of sixteen. There he contributed to policy papers, acting as Irish delegate at EU working group meetings and arranging Customs training for officers from Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Republics. This work was both salutary and sobering, grounding him in everyday experiences and broadening the subject matter and language available to him. He seemed to need the contrast between his working life and artistic pursuits. Ideas for poems would occur at work but his desk at home is where they came to life.
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