Seán Hewitt

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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] 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.[15] Hewitt's memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, was published in 2022.[16]

Awards

Bibliography

  • Rapture's Road (Jonathan Cape, 2024)
  • 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

  1. ↑ "Seán Hewitt". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Creamer, Ella (12 July 2023). "Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "RTÉ Radio Player". www.rte.ie. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "I poeti irlandesi Seán Hewitt e James Conor Patterson vincono gli Eric Gregory Awards". Les Enfants Terribles (in italiano). Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Year 2012". Issuu. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Irish Studies student wins major poetry prize - Articles - Institute of Irish Studies - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dr Seán Hewitt". Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Doyle, Martin (17 June 2019). "Irish poets Seán Hewitt and James Conor Patterson win Eric Gregory Awards". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "News | The Society of Authors". societyofauthors.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Announcing the winners of the Northern Writers' Awards 2016". Northern Writers Awards. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  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.
  13. ↑ "Seán Hewitt". www.penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "The Nan Shepherd Prize – Interview with Seán Hewitt". nanshepherdprize.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  15. ↑ Hewitt, Seán (7 January 2021). J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886209-3. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Cape snaps up 'exquisite' memoir from Hewitt | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  17. ↑ Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year award 2020: shortlist announced". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "Summer 2020 Selections". The Poetry Book Society. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Summer 2019 Selections". The Poetry Book Society. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  20. ↑ "Irish Research Council announces 2019 'Researchers of the Year'". Irish Research Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  21. ↑ "First Prize: Ilex by Seán Hewitt | Resurgence Poetry Prize". Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  22. ↑ "Seán Hewitt wins 2017 Resurgence Poetry Prize – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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