Medbh McGuckian
- January 5, 2024
- Poet
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Medbh McGuckian |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Date Of Birth | Aug 12, 1950(1950-08-12) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Northern Ireland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Medbh McGuckian Biography
| Name | Medbh McGuckian |
| Birthday | Aug 12 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Northern Ireland |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Medbh McGuckian is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 12, 1950 in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McGuckian is well-known for her Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize-winning poetry collection The Flower Master (1982) and her Cheltenham Prize winning work On Ballycastle Beach (89). McGuckian is also known for her acclaimed book The Book of the Angel (2004) as well her individual poem, “She Is In the Past, She Have This Grace” (2004).
Her nonfiction work Horsepower Pass By! (1999) An examination of Seamus Hether’s poetry.
She was born the third of six children as Maeve McCaughan to Hugh and Margaret McCaughan in North Belfast. Her father was a school headmaster and her mother an influential art and music enthusiast. She was educated at Holy Family Primary School and Dominican College, Fortwilliam and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972 and a Master of Arts degree in 1974 at Queens University, Belfast. Maeve McCaughan adopted the Irish spelling of her name, Medbh, when her university teacher, Seamus Heaney, wrote her name that way when signing books to her. She married a teacher and poet, John McGuckian, in 1977.
Her first published poems appeared in two pamphlets, Single Ladies: Sixteen Poems and Portrait of Joanna, in 1980, the year in which she received an Eric Gregory Award. In 1981 she co-published Trio Poetry 2 with fellow poets Damian Gorman and Douglas Marshall, and in 1989 she collaborated with Nuala Archer on Two Women, Two Shores. Medbh McGuckian’s first major collection, The Flower Master (1982), which explores post-natal breakdown, was awarded a Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, an Arts Council (Ireland) award (both 1982) and an Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize (1983). She is also the winner of the 1989 Cheltenham Prize for her collection On Ballycastle Beach (Wake Forest University Press).
Maeve McCaughan was born to Hugh and Margaret McCaughan. She grew up with her five siblings in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She married John McGuckian, a fellow poet in the late 1970s.
Medbh McGuckian Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Medbh McGuckian is one of the richest Poet from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Medbh McGuckian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Queens University, Belfast gave her both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She published her first poems in anthologies entitled Portrait of Joanna (1980) and All The Single Ladies (Sixteen Poems (1982).
She translated The Water Horse poetry collection into English by Nuala Nu Nu Dhomhnail, an Irish Gaelic writer.
Medbh McGuckian (born as Maeve McCaughan on 12 August 1950) is a poet from Northern Ireland.
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Medbh Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Medbh McGuckian celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.