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Books by Matthew Sweeney

Matthew Sweeney (1952-2018) was born in Lifford, Co. Donegal, Ireland. He moved to London in 1973 and studied at the Polytechnic of North London and the University of Freiburg. After living in Berlin and Timisoara for some years, he returned to Ireland and settled in Cork. He died in August 2018 from motor neurone disease. His poetry collections include A Dream of Maps (Raven Arts Press, 1981), A Round House (Raven Arts Press, 1983), The Lame Waltzer (Raven Arts Press, 1985), Blue Shoes (Secker & Warburg, 1989), Cacti (Secker & Warburg, 1992), The Bridal Suite (Jonathan Cape, 1997) and A Smell of Fish (Jonathan Cape, 2000), Selected Poems (Jonathan Cape, 2002), Sanctuary (Jonathan Cape, 2004), Black Moon (Jonathan Cape, 2007), The Night Post: A Selection (Salt, 2010); and three from Bloodaxe, Horse Music (2013), Inquisition Lane (2015) and My Life as a Painter (2018). Black Moon was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award. Horse Music won the inaugural Pigott Poetry Prize in association with Listowel Writers' Week, and is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. He also published editions of selected poems in Canada (Picnic on Ice, Vehicule Press, 2002) and and two translated by Jan Wagner in Germany, Rosa Milch (Berlin Verlag, 2008) and Hund und Mond (Hanser Berlin, 2017). He won a Cholmondeley Award in 1987 and an Arts Council Writers' Award in 1999. He also published poetry for children, with collections including The Flying Spring Onion (1992), Fatso in the Red Suit (1995) and Up on the Roof: New and Selected Poems (2001). His novels for children include The Snow Vulture (1992) and Fox (2002). He edited The New Faber Book of Children's Poems (2003) and Walter De la Mare: Poems (2006) for Faber; co-edited Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times (Faber, 1996) with Jo Shapcott; and co-wrote Writing Poetry (Teach Yourself series, Hodder, 1997) and the comic novel Death Comes for the Poets (Muswell Press, 2012) with John Hartley Williams.
Shadow of the Owl By Matthew Sweeney
Shadow of the Owlby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£8.80
The Flying Spring Onion By Matthew Sweeney
The Flying Spring Onionby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£3.50
Fox By Matthew Sweeney
Foxby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£3.50
The Bridal Suite By Matthew Sweeney
The Bridal Suiteby Matthew Sweeney
Good
£3.50
A Smell Of Fish By Matthew Sweeney
A Smell Of Fishby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£3.50
Inquisition Lane By Matthew Sweeney
Inquisition Laneby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£5.90
Selected Poems By Matthew Sweeney
Selected Poemsby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£7.50
Black Moon By Matthew Sweeney
Black Moonby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£4.00
King of a Rainy Country By Matthew Sweeney
King of a Rainy Countryby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£5.40
Fatso in the Red Suit By Matthew Sweeney
Fatso in the Red Suitby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£3.50
Up on the Roof By Matthew Sweeney
Up on the Roofby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£3.50
Cacti By Matthew Sweeney
Cactiby Matthew Sweeney
Good
£3.50
Sanctuary By Matthew Sweeney
Sanctuaryby Matthew Sweeney
Like New
£6.00
The Snow Vulture By Matthew Sweeney
The Snow Vultureby Matthew Sweeney
Well Read
£3.70
Irish Poems By Matthew Sweeney
Irish Poemsby Matthew Sweeney
Like New
£3.70
Irish Poems By Matthew Sweeney
Irish Poemsby Matthew Sweeney
Very Good
£4.20