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Sat 12 Dec 2009The people's poet
CELEBRATIONThe latest book from Paul Durcan comes as the writer is awarded an honorary doctorate by Trinity College. Here, writers celebrate the life and spirit of the people’s poet
PAUL DURCAN, ONE of Ireland’s best-known poets, has published his own selection of his poetry from the past 40 years, Life is a Dream: 40 Years Reading Poems 1967 – 2007(Harvill Secker, €18.99). Trinity College, Dublin, is hosting a symposium on his work next Thursday to Saturday. He will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Trinity College next Friday. Below, a number of writers reflect on Durcan’s readings and work.
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