Seán Ó Tuama (1926 – 14 October 2006) was an Irish poet, playwright and academic.

Life

Raised in the southern city of Cork (city), Cork and educated at the The North Monastery, North Monastery (North Mon) school and University College Cork, Ó Tuama first came to prominence in 1950 with his anthology of modern Irish language poetry titled ''Nuabhéarsaíocht 1939-1949''. Notable academic works include ''An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine'', an analysis of medieval and Renaissance European influences on Irish song, which is credited as being a source for inspiration for poets including Liam Ó Muirthile and Gabriel Rosenstock. The anthology An Duanaire: Poems of the Dispossessed, a collection of poems in the Irish language dating from the 16th to 19th centuries selected by Ó Tuama and accompanied by translations of the poems into English language, English by Thomas Kinsella, was published in 1981. Ó Tuama was the Professor of Irish Literature at University College Cork, and visiting scholar, visiting professor at Harvard University, Harvard, Oxford University, Oxford and University of Toronto, Toronto University. He was also chairman of Foras na Gaeilge, Bord na Gaeilge for a time, and a member of the Arts Council of Ireland.

Awards

* 1983 American Book Award

Works

Poetry

* ''Faoileán Na Beatha'' (Baile Átha Cliath, An Chlochomar Tta., 1962) *

Plays

* * Ar aghaidh linn, a Longadáin * Moloney * Is é seo m'oileán * Corp Eoghain Uí Shúilleabháin * Déan trócaire ar shagairt óga * Iúdás Iscariot agus a bhean * Scéal ar Phádraig

Academic works

* ''An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine'' (An Clochomhar Tta., 1960) * ''An Grá i bhFilíocht na nUaisle'' (1988)

Anthologies

* * Coiscéim na hAoise Seo, an anthology of 20th century poetry in Irish

Essays

* ''Cúirt, Tuath agus Bruachbhaile'', An Clóchomhar Tta, 1990 * ''Nuabhéarsaíocht 1939-1949'' (as editor, Baile Atha Cliath, Sairseal agus Dill, 1950) * * *

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20090717102354/http://www.irishwriters-online.com/seanotuama.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Otuama, Sean 1926 births 2006 deaths Academics of University College Cork Alumni of University College Cork Irish male poets Irish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Irish-language poets Harvard University staff 20th-century Irish male writers 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights American Book Award winners