Mark Granier


Mark Granier born in London, England, is an Irish poet and photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. Poetry Ireland Review describes Granier as, "a poet of individual poems," poems that are, "perfectly operating verbal machines, which are their own fulfillment, with everything concentrated on the final, sealing line."

Biography

Mark Granier was born in London in 1957. He completed an MA in Poetry/Creative Writing with Lancaster University and has been teaching creative writing in University College Dublin for several years. He lives in Dublin with his wife and son.
He has published five poetry collections: ', ', ', ', and '. He received four Arts Council bursaries, in 2002, 2008, 2013 and 2018. His awards include the in 2004 and The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Poetry Fellowship in 2011 and 2016.
The Irish Times describes Granier's Fade Street, in which the title poem is a reflection on a Victorian era photograph, as "ekphrastic." In its review of Fade Street, Poetry Ireland Review, describes Granier as, "well-known for his visual sense."
Mark Granier's photography work includes portraits of some well-known writers and performers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jo Brand. Apart from furnishing the cover photography for his four poetry collections, he has done cover work for a number of publishers, including Faber & Faber, , Salmon Poetry, Poetry Ireland Review and The Stinging Fly. The literary/photographic journal Irish Pages published a portfolio of his work in 2011 and his photographs have regularly appeared in and have been exhibited in two group shows in London. In 2012 he was awarded the jury prize in The Open House Photographic competition run by the . In 2015 his work was selected by Mark St. John Ellis to appear in an open submission competition/exhibition, ', in the Municipal Gallery in in Dún Laoghaire. He was also awarded runner-up prize in this competition. His work has also been exhibited in the 2015 in Dublin.

Works

Poetry