From Elsewhere

by Ciaran Carson

A groundbreaking fusion of poetry and translation, exploring memory, loss, and transformation.Ciaran Carson, a master of poetic innovation, pays homage to Jean Follain by weaving together translations and original poetic renditions. This collection creates a dialogue between two distinct voices, enriching both the source and the response.From Elsewhere delves into the depths of human experience, exploring themes of memory, war, and the passage of time. Carson's interpretations amplify Follain's implications, creating a powerful and resonant collection that will appeal to poetry enthusiasts and scholars alike. Discover a unique conversation between poets across time and space, offering fresh perspectives on universal themes.

Genres: Poetry

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Ciaran Gerard Carson was born in 1948 in Belfast and educated at The Queen’s University, Belfast. He knows intimately not only the urban Belfast in which he was raised as a native Irish speaker, but also the traditions of rural Ireland. A traditional musician and a scholar of the Irish oral traditional, Carson was long the Traditional Arts Officer of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and is a flutist, tinwhistler, and singer. He is Chair of Poetry at the Seamus Heaney Centre for poetry at Queen’s University, Belfast. He is married to fiddle player Deirdre Shannon, and has three children.

He is author of over a dozen volumes of poetry, as well as translations of the Táin and of Dante’s Inferno, and novels, non-fiction, and a guide to traditional Irish music. Carson won an Eric Gregory Award in 1978.