Basil Payne

Basil Payne (23 June 1923 — 6 January 2012) was an Irish poet and lecturer.

Life

Payne was educated at Synge Street CBS and University College Dublin.^[1] In the 1960s he presented a number of lectures and poetry readings in Dublin including a one-man show at the Gate Theatre.^{[citation needed]} In 1964 and 1966, he won the Guinness International poetry prize.^{[citation needed]}

From 1972 to 1978 he lectured in literature at several universities in the USA.^[which?] His published work amounts to three books and several inclusions in anthologies of Irish poetry.^[which?] His first book, "Sunlight on a Square", and his final book, "Dark and Light Fantastic", are available in Amazon kindle digital format as is a collection of his Irish Times newspaper articles from the 1960s to the 1980s.^[2]

Published works

• Sunlight on a Square (Dublin, John Augustin, 1961, republished on Amazon Kindle, 2012);
• Love in the Afternoon (Dublin, Gill and MacMillan, 1971);
• Another Kind of Optimism (Dublin, Gill and MacMillan, 1974);
• Dark and Light Fantastic (Amazon Kindle, 2013)

References

External links

• Basil Payne website
• Profile, Ricorso.net
• Basil Payne obituary, IrishTimes.com
• Basil Payne obituary, Guardian.co.uk
• Basil Payne obituary, TheStage.co.uk