Seán Hewitt

Seán Hewitt (born 1990) is a poet, lecturer and literary critic.[1]

Seán Hewitt
Born1990 (age 30–31)
Warrington
OccupationPoet, lecturer, critic
NationalityBritish, Irish
CitizenshipBritish, Irish
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
University of Liverpool
GenrePoetry
Literary criticism
Notable worksTongues of Fire
Notable awardsEric Gregory Award
Resurgence Prize
Website
www.seanehewitt.com

Biography

Seán Hewitt was born in Warrington, UK, to an Irish mother and English father.[2] He studied English at Girton College, University of Cambridge.[3][4]

Hewitt received his PhD, on the works of J. M. Synge, from the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool.[5] As of 2020, he lives in Dublin, where he lectures in English Literature at Trinity College Dublin, and is Poetry Critic for The Irish Times.[6][7]

Hewitt was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2019, and won the world's biggest ecopoetry award, the Resurgence Prize, in 2017.[8][9] He also received a Northern Writers' Award in 2016.[10] His debut pamphlet, Lantern, was published by Offord Road Books in 2019, was Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice,[11] and was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award.[12] His debut collection, Tongues of Fire, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020.[13][14]

Tongues of Fire was released to critical acclaim.[15] It was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, 2020.[16] It was Poetry Book of the Month in The Observer,[17] and a Book of the Year in The Guardian,[18] The Irish Times,[19] The Spectator,[20] Attitude,[21] and the Irish Independent,[22] and was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.[23] The Sunday Times wrote of Hewitt that "his poetry will stand the test of time".[24] Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Max Porter describes Hewitt as "an exquisitely calm and insightful lyric poet, reverential in nature and gorgeously wise in the field of human drama."[25] Tongues of Fire is a book of lyric poetry, and explores queer sexuality, grief, and the natural world.[26][27][28]

Hewitt's book-length study of the Irish playwright, poet and travel writer J. M. Synge, J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism, is published by Oxford University Press.[29]

In 2020, Hewitt's memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, was signed with Jonathan Cape in the UK and with Penguin Press in the USA. It is due to be published in 2022.[30]

Hewitt was listed as one of The Sunday Times "30 under 30" artists in 2020.[31]

Awards

Bibliography
  • All Down Darkness Wide (Jonathan Cape (UK) and Penguin Press (USA), 2022)
  • J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism (Oxford University Press, 2021)
  • Tongues of Fire (Jonathan Cape, 2020)
  • Lantern (Offord Road Books, 2019)

References
  1. "Seán Hewitt". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. "RTÉ Radio Player". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  3. "I poeti irlandesi Seán Hewitt e James Conor Patterson vincono gli Eric Gregory Awards". Les Enfants Terribles (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  4. "The Year 2012". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. "Irish Studies student wins major poetry prize - Articles - Institute of Irish Studies - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  6. "BBC Front Row". BBC. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  7. "Dr Seán Hewitt". Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  8. Doyle, Martin. "Irish poets Seán Hewitt and James Conor Patterson win Eric Gregory Awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  9. "News | The Society of Authors". societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  10. "Announcing the winners of the Northern Writers' Awards 2016". Northern Writers Awards. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  11. "Summer 2019 Selections". The Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  12. "Critical friends - Book Review - Poetry". TLS. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  13. "Seán Hewitt". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  14. "The Nan Shepherd Prize – Interview with Seán Hewitt". nanshepherdprize.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  15. "RTÉ Radio Player". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  16. team, Code8. "Seán Hewitt". Young Writer of the Year Award. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  17. "Poetry book of the month: Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt – review". the Guardian. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  18. "Best poetry books of 2020". the Guardian. 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  19. Doyle, Martin. "Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so far". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  20. www.spectator.co.uk https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/books-of-the-year-ii-chosen-by-our-regular-reviewers. Retrieved 2020-11-12. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. "The 20 best LGBTQ books of 2020". Attitude.co.uk. 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  22. "The best books of 2020". independent. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  23. "Summer 2020 Selections". The Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  24. Wright, Bert. "Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt review". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  25. Doyle, Martin. "Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so far". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  26. Hewitt, Seán. "Seán Hewitt: I would give all my poems to have my father back". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  27. Boland, Eavan (2019). "Featured Poet: Seán Hewitt". Poetry Ireland Review. 127: 66 – via Complementary Index.
  28. "RTÉ Poetry Programme: John F. Deane and Seán Hewitt". 2020-04-10. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  29. Hewitt, Seán (2021-01-07). J.M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886209-3.
  30. "Cape snaps up 'exquisite' memoir from Hewitt | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  31. Barter, Pavel. "30 under 30: Ireland's most promising artists". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  32. Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year award 2020: shortlist announced". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  33. "Irish Research Council announces 2019 'Researchers of the Year'". Irish Research Council. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  34. "First Prize: Ilex by Seán Hewitt | Resurgence Poetry Prize". Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  35. "Seán Hewitt wins 2017 Resurgence Poetry Prize – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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