Vincent Woods
{{short description|Irish poet and playwright (born 1960)}}
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Vincent Woods (born 1960) is an Irish 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=3392 |title=Vincent Woods |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927124810/http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=3392 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news
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| title = Arts on RTÉ Radio: win some, lose some
| newspaper = The Irish Times
| location = Dublin
| language = English
| date = 22 August 2009
| url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/arts-on-rte-radio-win-some-lose-some-1.724053
| access-date = 6 August 2022}} 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[https://web.archive.org/web/20060904154601/http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2006/lives-miracles.html Lives and Miracles by Vincent Woods Drawings by Charles Cullen:: Syracuse University Press] and The Colour of Language. Woods is a member of Aosdána.{{cite web
| url = http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/members/woods/
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| access-date = 6 August 2022}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071120072324/http://www.kennys.ie/categories/irishwriters/woodsvincent.shtml Kennys: Woods Vincent, The Colour of Language, Poet & Playwright, Leitrim Writer - Kennys Irish Bookshop, Galway, Ireland] His playwriting credits include A Cry from Heaven,{{Cite web |url=http://www.culturevulture.net/Theater/CryfromHeaven.htm |title=A Cry from Heaven - Vincent Woods |access-date=30 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321001134/http://www.culturevulture.net/Theater/CryfromHeaven.htm |archive-date=21 March 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} At the Black Pig's Dyke, John Hughdy and Tom John, and Song of the Yellow Bittern.{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishwriters-online.com/vincentwoods.html |title=Vincent Woods |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511184516/http://www.irishwriters-online.com/vincentwoods.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishwriters-online.com/woods-vincent/ |title=Woods, Vincent |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426215436/http://www.irishwriters-online.com/woods-vincent/ |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
He wrote songs for Irish singer Mary McPartlan for her album Petticoat Loose. The songs are "Sanctuary", "Kiss the Moon" and "Petticoat Loose."
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061121175405/http://www.indiana.edu/~folklore/FB11_03_06.doc A Lecture by Vincent Woods at Indiana University]
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Category:Irish dramatists and playwrights
Category:Irish male dramatists and playwrights
Category:Writers from County Leitrim
Category:RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
Category:RTÉ Radio 1 presenters
Category:Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology
Category:Broadcasters from County Leitrim
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