{"product_id":"80-at-80-9781787304840","title":"80 at 80","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Durcan was born in Dublin in 1944. His first book, \u003ci\u003eEndsville\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), has been followed by more than twenty others, including \u003ci\u003eThe Berlin Wall Caf?\u003c\/i\u003e (a Poetry Book Society Choice in 1985), \u003ci\u003eDaddy, Daddy\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry in 1990), \u003ci\u003eCrazy About Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eA Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eGive Me Your Hand\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eGreetings to Our Friends in Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Laughter of Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eLife is a Dream: 40 Years Reading Poems 1967-2007\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003ePraise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eThe Days of Surprise\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). In 2001 Paul Durcan received a Cholmondeley Award. He was Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2004 to 2007. He was conferred with a DLitt by Trinity College Dublin in 2009 and by University College Dublin in 2011. In 2014 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Irish Book Award. He is a member of Aosd?na. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNiall MacMonagle is Ireland's most trusted commentator on poetry. He conceived and edited the bestselling \u003ci\u003eLifelines\u003c\/i\u003eseries in which public figures wrote about their favourite poems. For many years an English teacher at Wesley College, he lives in Dublin with his family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harvill Secker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199471747346,"sku":"9781787304840","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6f317e1-cab1-4a70-919a-f3e9dce1b599.jpg?v=1744877849","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/80-at-80-9781787304840","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}