The death has been announced of the poet Gerard Fanning, following an illness. He was 65.
Fanning's acclaimed collections, published by Dedalus Press include Easter Snow, Working for the Government, Water and Power and Hombre: New and Selected Poems.
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Fanning won the Rooney Prize for Irish literature and the Brendan Behan award for poetry - his poems have also been adapted by the composer Ian Wilson for his Harbouring Suite.
'Asylum Harbour' by Gerard Fanning @dlrcc #foundpoem #whilewalking pic.twitter.com/EzbtcT8y3J
— UCD Poetry (@UCDPoetry) October 2, 2017
He was a brother of RTÉ broadcaster Dave Fanning, and is survived by his wife, Bríd Ní Chuilinn.
