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Derek Mahon
Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and the Sorbonne, and has held journalistic and academic appointments in London and New York. A member of Aosdána, he has received numerous awards including the Irish American Foundation Award, the Irish Times / Aer Lingus Poetry Prize, the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize, and Lannan and Guggenheim Fellowships. He lives in Dublin.
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