Internationally acclaimed poet to read at the University of Richmond Feb. 19

January 29, 2009

Internationally acclaimed poet Vona Groarke will read at the University of Richmond Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. Part of the English department's Writers Series, the event will take place in Weinstein Hall's Brown-Alley Room and is free and open to the public.

Native to the Irish midlands, Groarke has published four collections of poetry. Among her works are "Shale" and "Other People's Houses," winning her such prestigious awards as the Hennessy Award for Poetry, the Brendan Behan Memorial Prize and Strokestown International Poetry Award. Her third book, "Flight," was short-listed for the Forward Prize and received the 2003 Michael Hartnett Award.

Groarke is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and is celebrated for her reflections on family and place, in addition to the song-like quality she creates with language. She divides her time teaching in the English department at Wake Forest University and the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester.

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