Seán Hewitt
English poet
Seán Hewitt FRSL (born 1990) is a poet, lecturer and literary critic.[1] In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature .[2]
Biography
Seán Hewitt was born in Warrington , UK, to an Irish mother and English father.[3] He studied English at Girton College, Cambridge .[4] [5]
Hewitt received his PhD, on the works of J. M. Synge , from the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool .[6] He lives in Dublin, where he lectures at Trinity College Dublin .[7]
Hewitt was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2019, and won the world's biggest ecopoetry award, the Resurgence Prize, in 2017.[8] [9] He also received a Northern Writers' Award in 2016.[10] Hewitt was listed as one of The Sunday Times "30 under 30" artists in Ireland in 2020.[11] His debut collection of poems, Tongues of Fire , won The Laurel Prize in 2021. He was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2022.[12]
Works
Hewitt's debut collection, Tongues of Fire , was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020.[13] [14]
Tongues of Fire was released to critical acclaim.[15] It won The Laurel Prize in 2021,[16] and was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year , 2020, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, 2021, and the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer), 2021.[17] [18] [19] It was Poetry Book of the Month in The Observer ,[20] and a Book of the Year in The Guardian ,[21] The Irish Times ,[22] The Spectator ,[23] Attitude ,[24] and the Irish Independent ,[25] and was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.[26] The Sunday Times wrote of Hewitt that "his poetry will stand the test of time".[27] Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Max Porter describes Hewitt as "an exquisitely calm and insightful lyric poet, reverential in nature and gorgeously wise in the field of human drama."[28] Tongues of Fire is a book of lyric poetry, and explores queer sexuality, grief, and the natural world.[29] [30] [31]
Hewitt's book-length study of the Irish playwright, poet and travel writer J. M. Synge , J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism , is published by Oxford University Press .[32]
Hewitt's memoir, All Down Darkness Wide , was published in 2022.[33]
Awards
Winner of The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature , 2022.
Winner of The Laurel Prize, 2021.
Shortlisted for John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, for Tongues of Fire , 2021.
Shortlisted for the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer), 2021.
Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, for Tongues of Fire, 2020.[34]
Poetry Book Society Recommendation, for Tongues of Fire , 2020.[26]
Eric Gregory Award , Society of Authors, 2019.
Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice, for Lantern , 2019.[35]
Maurice J. Bric Medal of Excellence, Irish Research Council , 2019.[36]
The Resurgence Prize, Poetry School , 2017.[37] [38]
Northern Writers' Award , New Writing North , 2016.
Bibliography
Rapture's Road (Jonathan Cape, 2024)
300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World , with Luke Edward Hall (Penguin, 2023)
All Down Darkness Wide (Jonathan Cape (UK) and Penguin Press (USA), 2022)
Buile Suibhne / Seán Hewitt, wood engravings by Amy Jeffs (Rochdale, England: Fine Press Poetry, 2021)
J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism (Oxford University Press , 2021)
Tongues of Fire (Jonathan Cape , 2020)
Lantern (Offord Road Books, 2019)
References
^ "Seán Hewitt" . www.penguin.co.uk . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ Creamer, Ella (12 July 2023). "Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows" . The Guardian .
^ "RTÉ Radio Player" . www.rte.ie . Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "I poeti irlandesi Seán Hewitt e James Conor Patterson vincono gli Eric Gregory Awards" . Les Enfants Terribles (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2020 .
^ "The Year 2012" . Issuu . Retrieved 3 September 2020 .
^ "Irish Studies student wins major poetry prize - Articles - Institute of Irish Studies - University of Liverpool" . www.liverpool.ac.uk . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "Dr Seán Hewitt" . Trinity College Dublin . Retrieved 16 September 2020 .
^ Doyle, Martin (17 June 2019). "Irish poets Seán Hewitt and James Conor Patterson win Eric Gregory Awards" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ "News | The Society of Authors" . societyofauthors.org . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "Announcing the winners of the Northern Writers' Awards 2016" . Northern Writers Awards . 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ Barter, Pavel (3 May 2020). "30 under 30: Ireland's most promising artists" . The Times . ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ Doyle, Martin (27 October 2022). "Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 28 October 2022 .
^ "Seán Hewitt" . www.penguin.co.uk . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "The Nan Shepherd Prize – Interview with Seán Hewitt" . nanshepherdprize.com . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "RTÉ Radio Player" . www.rte.ie . Retrieved 2 September 2020 .
^ "The Laurel Prize 2021 – Winners! » Simon Armitage | The Official Website" . Retrieved 9 October 2021 .
^ team, Code8. "Seán Hewitt" . Young Writer of the Year Award . Retrieved 1 November 2020 . {{cite web }}
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^ Doyle, Martin (15 April 2021). "Irish writers longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 20 April 2021 .
^ "Emerging Writer Award Shortlist 2021" . www.zurich.ie . Retrieved 20 April 2021 .
^ Kellaway, Kate (12 May 2020). "Poetry book of the month: Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt – review" . The Observer . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "Best poetry books of 2020" . The Guardian . 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020 .
^ Doyle, Martin. "Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so far" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "Books of the Year II — chosen by our regular reviewers | the Spectator" . www.spectator.co.uk . Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
^ "The 20 best LGBTQ books of 2020" . Attitude.co.uk . 31 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "The best books of 2020" . independent . 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020 .
^ a b "Summer 2020 Selections" . The Poetry Book Society . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ Wright, Bert (31 May 2020). "Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt review" . The Times . ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ Doyle, Martin. "Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so far" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ Hewitt, Seán. "Seán Hewitt: I would give all my poems to have my father back" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ Boland, Eavan (2019). "Featured Poet: Seán Hewitt" . Poetry Ireland Review . 127 : 66 – via Complementary Index.
^ "RTÉ Poetry Programme: John F. Deane and Seán Hewitt" . 10 April 2020.
^ Hewitt, Seán (7 January 2021). J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism . Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886209-3 .
^ "Cape snaps up 'exquisite' memoir from Hewitt | The Bookseller" . www.thebookseller.com . Retrieved 3 November 2020 .
^ Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year award 2020: shortlist announced" . The Times . ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 1 November 2020 .
^ "Summer 2019 Selections" . The Poetry Book Society . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "Irish Research Council announces 2019 'Researchers of the Year' " . Irish Research Council . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .
^ "First Prize: Ilex by Seán Hewitt | Resurgence Poetry Prize" . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ "Seán Hewitt wins 2017 Resurgence Poetry Prize – The Poetry Society" . poetrysociety.org.uk . Retrieved 1 September 2020 .