Barry MacSweeney
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Barry MacSweeney (July 17, 1948 - May 18, 2000) was an English poet and journalist.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he worked as a professional journalist throughout most of his life. He taught journalism and tutored in creative writing in the 1970s and worked as voluntary tutor in adult literacy in Newcastle in the late 1980s.
Literary Works
- The Boy from the Green Cabaret Tells of his Mother (1968)
- The Last Bud (1969)
- Flames on the Beach at Varregio (1970)
- Just 22 and I Don’t Mind Dying (1971)
- Brother Wolf (1972)
- Fools Gold (1972)
- Black Torch (1973)
- Odes: 1971-1978 (1978)
- Ranter (1985)
- Hellhound Memos (1993)
- Pearl (1995)
- The Book of Demons (1997)
(list is incomplete)
External links
- The Barry MacSweeney Collection (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/research/literature/macsweeney/)
- Short article (http://www.sweeneyclan.com/misc/barrymacsweeney.html)