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

Awards

Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2001

Shortlisted — Northern California Book Award, 2012

Winner — Costa Book Award, 2020

Books by Eavan Boland

Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 1992
An essential volume by one of our most esteemed poets.
In a Time of Violence: Poems
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 1998
The publication of Eavan Boland's previous book, Outside History: Selected Poems 1980-1990, established Boland as a significant presence in the contemporary American poetry world.
Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 1998
In this important prose work, one of our major poets explores, through autobiography and argument, a woman's life in Ireland together with a poet's work.
An Origin Like Water: Collected Poems 1957-1987
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 1997
"Readers of this work will recognize and relish the way this collection charts a life's course."--Publishers Weekly
The Lost Land: Poems
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 1999
"A poet at the peak of her power . . . one of Ireland's greatest and among the best writing in English anywhere."—Booklist
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms
Eavan Boland, Mark Strand
Paperback, 2001
"Concise, learned, revisionary... should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."— Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry
Against Love Poetry: Poems
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 2004
A collection of poems about marriage by one of our most celebrated poets.
The Making of a Sonnet: A Norton Anthology
Eavan Boland, Edward Hirsch
Paperback, 2009
An enlightening, celebratory anthology of the most classic and enduring of forms edited by two major poets.
Domestic Violence: Poems
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 2008
A celebrated collection from "one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century" (Poetry Review).
New Collected Poems
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 2009
An expansive, celebratory collection from “one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century” (Poetry Review).