The Centre for Irish Studies is delighted to invite you to an evening with Vincent Woods. Vincent will be in conversation about his work with Ondřej Pilný at Kavárna na Boršově (Náprstkova 10, Prague 1) on Wednesday 14 May, 19:00.

Vincent Woods is a playwright, poet and broadcaster. His plays include At the Black Pig’s Dyke (Druid Theatre, 1992) – which is currently being translated into Czech – and A Cry from Heaven (Abbey Theatre, 2005), as well as several plays for radio. He is the author of two poetry collections, The Colour of Language and Lives and Miracles, and has co-edited The Turning Wave: Poems and Songs of Irish Australia; Fermata: Writings Inspired by Music (with Eva Bourke); and Leaves of Hungry Grass: Poetry and Ireland’s Great Hunger and Borderlines (with Henry Glassie). With Edwina Guckian, he co-directed and produced the film Bealach an Fhéir Ghortaigh/Hunger’s Way for Strokestown International Poetry Festival. He has scripted and presented many arts programmes and documentaries on RTÉ Radio, including The County Measure, a “radio atlas” of local Irish cultures broadcast in 2022-2024. Vincent Woods has been Writer in Residence at NUI Galway, where he taught drama and creative writing, and is the Poet Laureate for Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.

The event has been supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland.

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