Derry O'Sullivan

Who is Derry O'Sullivan?

Derry O'Sullivan is an Irish poet living in Paris, France. He was born in 1944 in Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland.

His poetry collections in the Irish language are: "Cá bhfuil do Iudás?" - winner of four Oireachtas Literary prizes and the Seán Ó Ríordáin Memorial Prize; "Cá bhfuil Tiarna Talún l’Univers?"; "An Lá go dTáinig Siad", a long poem about the Nazi occupation of Paris, and "An bhfuil cead agam dul amach, más é do thoil é?". He has participated in literary festivals in Ireland, France, the US and Canada and his work has been published in numerous literary reviews and anthologies.

O'Sullivan's poems have been translated into English and French and several of them can be consulted in Harvard University Library. His work appears in English translation in "The King’s English". "En Mal de Fleurs" is a suite of poems written directly in French.

An English translation by Kaarina Hollo of O'Sullivan's poem "Marbhghin 1943: Glaoch ar Liombo" won the 2012 Times Stephen Spender Prize for poetry translation, a competition open to poems in all languages and from all periods of history.