Ciaran Berry (born 1971

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) is an Irish-American

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Life

He grew up in Carna,

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and

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. He graduated from

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, a New York Times Fellow. He teaches at

Trinity College, Hartford Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,235 students. Tri ...

. His work appeared in ''Gulf Coast'', ''AGNI'', ''Crazyhorse'', ''The Missouri Review'', ''The Threepenny Review'', ''Gettysburg Review'', ''Green Mountains Review'', ''Ontario Review'', and ''

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''.

Awards

* 2007 Crab Orchard Award * Jerwood Aldeburgh first collection prize *2012

Whiting Award The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Mrs. (American English) or Mrs ( British English; standard ...

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections

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List of poems

Critical studies and reviews of Berry's work

* Review of ''The dead zoo''.

References

External links

"An Interview with Ciaran Berry", Andrew McFadyen-KetchumProfile at The Whiting Foundation
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