Vincent Woods

In recent years poet and playwright Vincent Woods has been a guest presenter on the arts programmes Rattlebag, The Arts Show and The Eleventh Hour. He worked as a journalist with RTÉ, presenting on Morning Ireland, until 1989 when he began writing full-time.

Vincent has won several awards for his writing, including The Stewart Parker Award for Drama, the PJ O'Connor Award for Radio Drama, and the M.J. McManus Award for Poetry.

His plays include John Hughdy/Tom John, At the Black Pig's Dyke, Song of the Yellow Bittern, Fontamara, and for radio, The Leitrim Hotel. His poetry collections include The Colour of Language.

Vincent is a member of Aosdána.