Vincent Woods (born 1960) is an Irish people poet and playwright.
His life
Woods was born in
County Leitrim. He studied Journalism at the College of Commerce, Rathmines. Woods lived in the
United States,
New Zealand, and
Australia and worked as a journalist with RTÉ, hosting
The Arts Show on RTÉ Radio 1 until 1989, and then
Arts Tonight.
Woods' radio play,
The Leitrim Hotel, won the P. J. O'Connor Award for radio drama, and he also won the Stewart Parker Award for Drama in 1993.
His works
His poetry collections include
Lives and Miracles[ Lives and Miracles by Vincent Woods Drawings by Charles Cullen:: Syracuse University Press] and
The Colour of Language. Woods is a member of Aosdána.
[ Kennys: Woods Vincent, The Colour of Language, Poet & Playwright, Leitrim Writer - Kennys Irish Bookshop, Galway, Ireland] His playwriting credits include
A Cry from Heaven,
,
John Hughdy and Tom John, and
Song of the Yellow Bittern.
He wrote songs for Irish singer Mary McPartlan for her album Petticoat Loose. The songs are "Sanctuary", "Kiss the Moon" and "Petticoat Loose."
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