Derry O'Sullivan, is an Irish poet originally from Bantry. A former priest who is now married with three children, he teaches at universities in Paris, France. A new translation of one of his most famous poems wins Stephen Spender Prize 2012. Dr Kaarina Hollo of Sheffield university won the Open Award in the Times/Stephen Spender prize for poetry in translation - for giving fresh life to a famous poem: O'Sullivan's Marbhghin 1943: Glaoch ar Liombo, is an elegy on his stillborn brother by the 68-year-old poet///Portrait of Derry O'Sullivan inside café in Bastille
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