Seán Hewitt

Seán Hewitt

FRSL
Born1990
Warrington, UK
OccupationPoet, lecturer, critic
NationalityBritish, Irish
CitizenshipBritish, Irish
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
University of Liverpool
GenrePoetry
Literary criticism
Notable worksTongues of Fire
All Down Darkness Wide
Notable awardsRooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Laurel Prize
Eric Gregory Award
Resurgence Prize
Website
www.seanehewitt.com

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

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

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  5. ^ "The Year 2012". Issuu. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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  7. ^ "Dr Seán Hewitt". Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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  11. ^ Barter, Pavel (3 May 2020). "30 under 30: Ireland's most promising artists". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  12. ^ Doyle, Martin (27 October 2022). "Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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