Rody Gorman is an Irish-born poet who lives in

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and whose main creative medium is

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. He was born in

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on 1 January 1960 and now lives in the

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, Scotland. He is editor of , an annual Irish and Scottish Gaelic poetry anthology. He has also been a writing fellow at

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in Skye and An Lanntair in

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. He has received bursaries and funding from HI-Arts, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. He has been Specialist Adviser for the

and Convenor of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of Scottish

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. He has also been an adjudicator of literary competitions.Foreword to ''Flora from Lusitania'', Lapwing Publications 2005.

Published works

* ''Fax and Other Poems'' (Polygon, 1996) * (diehard, 1999), * (, 1999), * ''/On the Underground'' (Polygon, 2000), * (, 2003), * (Lapwing, 2004), * (, 2004), * ''Flora from Lusitania'' (Lapwing, 2005) * ''Zonda? Khamsin? Sharaav? Camanchaca?'' (,

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, 2006) * ''Chernilo'', selected poems in Irish and Scottish Gaelic (, 2006) * (diehard, Callander, 2007) in English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic * ''/Burstbroken judgementshroudloomdeeds'' (

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, 2011) * (diehard, 2017)

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External links

Rody Gorman
at the Scottish Poetry Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorman, Rody Irish poets 21st-century Scottish Gaelic poets Living people Year of birth missing (living people)