Michael Donaghy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Donaghy
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	May 24, 1954(1954-05-24)
Age	70
Date Of Death	September 16, 2004, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Bronx
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Gemini

Michael Donaghy Biography

Michael Donaghy is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on May 24, 1954 in Bronx, New York, United States.

In 1985, he moved to just off Green Lanes in Harringay, north London to join his partner and fellow musician, Maddy Paxman, whom he married in 2003; their son, Ruairi, was born in 1996. He joined the London poetry workshop, founded by the Belfast poet Robert Greacen and later chaired by Matthew Sweeney, whose members included Vicki Feaver, Ruth Padel, Jo Shapcott, Maurice Riordan, Eva Salzman and Don Paterson. Rapidly establishing himself on the poetry scene, he published his first full collection, Shibboleth, in 1988 – the title poem of which won second prize in the 1987 National Poetry Competition. Errata followed in 1993, and Conjure in 2000. Recognition came in the form of the Geoffrey Faber and Cholmondeley awards and the Whitbread and Forward prizes, among others. In 2003, he teamed up with Cyborg scientist Kevin Warwick and wrote Grimoire. He continued to play in various Irish music groups, as well as the early line-up of Lammas, the jazz/traditional crossover band led by Tim Garland and poet Don Paterson. He was a creative writing tutor for the Arvon Foundation and the Poetry Society and later ran an extension course for City University London. He wrote and reviewed for Poetry Review, Poetry, The New Yorker and The Times Literary Supplement. His poetry, influential to a younger generation of poets, is noted for its metaphysical elegance and playfulness, and his skillful use of form.

He died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage on September 16, 2004. David Wheatley wrote in The Guardian: “The death of Michael Donaghy in 2004 at the age of 50 has been one of the most deeply felt losses to the poetry world in recent years. Not since Sylvia Plath almost half a century ago had an American poet living in Britain so decisively entered the bloodstream of his times.” The Times described him as “one of the most widely respected figures on the British poetry scene and a fierce defender of poetry as a source of pleasure and truth.” His fourth collection Safest was published posthumously in 2005 and a prose collection The Shape of the Dance in 2009.

Michael Donaghy Net Worth

Michael Donaghy is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Donaghy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Michael Donaghy (May 24, 1954 – September 16, 2004) was a New York City poet and musician, who lived in London from 1985.

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