John F Deane
John F Deane was born on Achill Island, County Mayo in 1943. He founded Poetry Ireland – the national poetry society – and The Poetry Ireland Review in 1979. He was also the founder of Dedalus Press, which he ran until 2004. He is the author of many collections of poetry and some fiction, including three novels, Where No Storms Come, In the Name of the Wolf and Undertow, and two collections of short stories, The Coffin Master and The Heather Fields.
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