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Ger Reidy Gerard
Reidy was born near Westport in Co. Mayo in 1958, qualified as a Civil Engineer
in 1979 and started writing poetry in 1980.
He began submitting material for publication in 1989, and his poems have
appeared in publications including The Healing Word, Breaking the Skin, Ambit,
Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers, Force 10, The Shop, and in 2003 the Moscow
poetry journal 'Modern Literature'
He has read at Cuirt Literary Festival, Scriobh Literary Festival, Bewley's in
Dublin, The Model Arts Centre in Sligo the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar
and The Arts Show on RTE. He has also featured in The Green Room on Lyric FM.
He has won numerous national poetry competitions including The Allingham Prize,
Boyle Arts Festival Poetry competition, The George Moore Poetry competition, The
Tipperary Poetry Competition, The Maria Edgeworth Competition and the Laois
Writer's Weekend Poetry Competition. He has also been the recipient of a number
of bursaries and residencies including Mayo County Council Heinrich Boll House,
The Tyrone Guterie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, an Arts Council Bursery in 2002 and
an international bursary at Can Serrat in Catalonia.
His first collection, Pictures From a Reservation, published by Dedalus was
launched at Sligo's Scriobh Literary Festival in 1998. His next collection is
due for publication soon.
Visit Ger Reidy's Website
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