Máirtín Ó Díreáin
Máirtín Ó Díreáin was born on the Aran Islands in 1910.
He worked as a civil servant from 1928 until 1975, and represented Ireland at the Warsaw Autumn Poetry Festival in 1977.
His main works include the poetry collections Rogha Dánta (1949); Ó Mórna agus Dánta Eile (1957); Ar Ré Dhearóil (1962); Cloch Choirnéil, (1967); Crainn is Cairde (1970); Ceacht an Éin (1984); Dánta 1939-79 (1980); Béasa an Túir (1984); Tacar Dánta/Selected Poems (1984); Craobhóg: Dán (1986). His autobiographical essays are collected as Feamainn Bhealtine (1961). His awards include the An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council Awards (1964 and 1971); the Butler Prize, with Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (1967); the Ossian Prize for Poetry, FVS Foundation, Hamburg (1977).
He was a member of Aosdána, and died in 1988.
