Eavan Boland
1944
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2020
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: feminism
country of citizenship: Republic of Ireland
educated at: Trinity College Dublin
occupation: poet, writer, academic, university teacher, literary scholar, essayist, literary critic
official website: profiles.stanford.edu/eavan-casey
Eavan Aisling Boland (, ee-VAN; 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. A number of poems from Boland's poetry career are studied by Irish students who take the Leaving Certificate. She was a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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