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    Eavan Boland

    Eavan Boland (1944—2020) was the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Outside History and several volumes of nonfiction, and was coeditor of the anthology The Making of Poem. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she was one of the foremost female voices in Irish literature. She received a Lannan Foundation Award and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award, among other honors. She taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Bowdoin College, and Stanford University, where she was the director of the creative writing program.

    Eavan Boland

    Eavan Boland (1944—2020) was the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Outside History and several volumes of nonfiction, and was coeditor of the anthology The Making of Poem. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she was one of the foremost female voices in Irish literature. She received a Lannan Foundation Award and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award, among other honors. She taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Bowdoin College, and Stanford University, where she was the director of the creative writing program.

    Awards

    Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2001

    Shortlisted — Northern California Book Award, 2012

    Winner — Costa Book Award, 2020

    Books by Eavan Boland

    • A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet

      Eavan Boland

      Paperback, 2012

      “Boland offers encouragement to women poets of the future. . . . Her vivid imagery will beguile many.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

    • The Collected Poems of Denise Levertov

      Eavan Boland, Denise Levertov, Paul A. Lacey

      Hardback, 2013

      The landmark collected work of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century

    • The Historians: Poems

      Eavan Boland

      Hardback, 2020

      Winner of the 2020 Costa Poetry Award

      A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century.

    • A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet

      Eavan Boland

      E Book, 2012

      “Boland offers encouragement to women poets of the future. . . . Her vivid imagery will beguile many.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

    • Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990

      Eavan Boland

      E Book, 2012

      An essential volume by one of our most esteemed poets.

    • The Historians: Poems

      Eavan Boland

      E Book, 2020

      Winner of the 2020 Costa Poetry Award

      A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century.

    • The Historians: Poems

      Eavan Boland

      Paperback, 2022

      Winner of the 2020 Costa Poetry Award

      A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century.

    • A Woman Without a Country: Poems

      Eavan Boland

      E Book, 2014

      A powerful work that examines how—even without country or settled identity—a legacy of love can endure.

    • A Woman Without a Country: Poems

      Eavan Boland

      Paperback, 2016

      A powerful work that examines how—even without country or settled identity—a legacy of love can endure.

    • Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad

      Alice Oswald, Eavan Boland

      Hardback, 2012

      “The most remarkable and affecting book of poetry I encountered this year.”—James Wood, The New Yorker

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