Rosemarie Rowley

Rosemarie Rowley
Born 1942
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Poet
Nationality Irish

Rosemarie Rowley (born 1942) is an Irish award winning poet and ecofeminist.

Life and work

Born in Dublin in 1942 Rowley was educated through a Dublin Corporation scholarship. She went on to work in the Agricultural Institute and worked in Birmingham before going on to third level education. She was educated in Trinity College Dublin where she graduated with a degree in Irish and English literature, and philosophy in 1974. She later gained a diploma from the National University of Ireland in psychology.[1][2][3][4][5]

In the later 1970s Rowley emigrated to Luxembourg where she worked for several years. She retired and became involved in the Green movement in Ireland. She went back to college to complete a master’s again in Trinity College in 1984. Her thesis was on the poems of Patrick Kavanagh.[2][3][4][5]

Rowley has published five books of poetry. She has won the Epic award in the Scottish International Poetry Competition four times.[6][3]Her first short story was awarded an Image Award.[3][4] Rowley has been joint editor with John Haughton of the Cáirde na Coille anthology.[7]

She has written the longest poem in terza rima in the English language and has been president of the Irish Byron Society from 2008 to 2012.[8]

Rowley lives in Booterstown, Co. Dublin[4] and has one son, David.

Poetry

References

  1. "Poetry Reading with Rosemarie Rowley". Dublin city. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Lunchtime Reading with Rosemarie Rowley". Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Irish Writers Online". Irishwriters-online.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Rosemarie Rowley". Ricorso.net. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Barbara Cook (14 December 2007). Women Writing Nature: A Feminist View. Lexington Books. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-0-7391-6262-0.
  6. "ROSEMARIE ROWLEY: Review of"The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism"". Green Foundation Ireland. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  7. John Haughton (2014). Beslan-Not Forgotten. Author House. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-1-4969-8382-4.
  8. Peter Cochran (18 July 2014). Byron and Latin Culture: Selected Proceedings of the 37th International Byron Society Conference. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6425-1.

Further reading

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