Vincent Woods
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His life
Woods was born in County Leitrim. He studied Journalism at the College of Commerce, Rathmines. Woods lived in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia and worked as a journalist with RTÉ, hosting The Arts Show on RTÉ Radio 1 until 1989, and then Arts Tonight.[1][2] Woods' radio play, The Leitrim Hotel, won the P. J. O'Connor Award for radio drama, and he also won the Stewart Parker Award for Drama in 1993.
His works
His poetry collections include Lives and Miracles[3] and The Colour of Language. Woods is a member of Aosdána.[4][5] His playwriting credits include A Cry from Heaven,[6] At the Black Pig's Dyke, John Hughdy and Tom John, and Song of the Yellow Bittern.[7][8]
He wrote songs for Irish singer Mary McPartlan for her album Petticoat Loose. The songs are "Sanctuary", "Kiss the Moon" and "Petticoat Loose."
References
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- ↑ Lives and Miracles by Vincent Woods Drawings by Charles Cullen:: Syracuse University Press
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- ↑ Kennys: Woods Vincent, The Colour of Language, Poet & Playwright, Leitrim Writer - Kennys Irish Bookshop, Galway, Ireland
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External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Aosdána members
- Irish dramatists and playwrights
- Irish male poets
- Irish male dramatists and playwrights
- Irish poets
- Writers from County Leitrim
- RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
- RTÉ Radio 1 presenters
- Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology
- Broadcasters from County Leitrim