Roper, Mark 1951-

PERSONAL:

Born 1951, in Swanwick, Derbyshire, England; son of Lewis and Betty Roper; Ethnicity: "English." Education: University of Reading, B.A., 1975; Oxford University, M.Phil., 1978.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Piltown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Office—c/o Poetry Ireland Review, 2 Proud's Ln. off St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.

CAREER:

Poet. Adult education teacher in Waterford and Kilkenny, Ireland; gives readings from his work.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Prize from Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, 1990, for The Hen Ark.

WRITINGS:

The Hen Ark (poetry), Peterloo Poets (Calstock, Cornwall, England), 1991.

Catching the Light (poetry), Lagan Press (Belfast, Northern Ireland), 1996.

The Home Fire (poetry), Abbey Press (Newry, Northern Ireland), 1998.

Whereabouts (poetry), Peterloo Poets (Calstock, Cornwall, England), 2005.

Editor, Poetry Ireland Review.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Fortnight, January, 1997, Carol Rumens, review of Catching the Light.

Irish Literary Supplement, fall, 1997, review of Catching the Light, p. 11; fall, 1999, Bill Tinley, review of The Home Fire, p. 18.

Irish Times, January, 1999, Catriona O'Reilly, review of The Home Fire; August, 2005, Eamon Brennan, review of Whereabouts.

Metre, autumn, 1997, Tim Kendall, review of Catching the Light.

Poetry Ireland, spring, 1999, Mark Granier, review of The Home Fire; spring, 2006, Siobhan Campbell, review of Whereabouts.

School Librarian, summer, 1998, Colin Walter, review of Catching the Light, p. 98.

Stroan, 1997, Catriona Clutterbuck, "The Poetry of Mark Roper."

ONLINE

Munster Express Online,http://www.munster-express.ie/ (August 14, 1998).