Austin Clarke

About Austin Clarke

Birth Day: May 9, 1896
Birth Place: Ireland
Died On: Mar 19, 1974 (age 77)
Birth Sign: Taurus

Austin Clarke Net Worth

Austin Clarke was born on May 9, 1896 in Ireland. Irish poet and author best known for incorporating Gaelic poetic devices into English-language poetry. His poetic works include Ancient Lights, Tiresias, and Mnemosyne Lay in Dust.
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💰Austin Clarke Net worth: 4 million

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About

Irish poet and author best known for incorporating Gaelic poetic devices into English-language poetry. His poetic works include Ancient Lights, Tiresias, and Mnemosyne Lay in Dust.

Before Fame

He was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at University College, Dublin.

Trivia

He co-founded the Lyric Theatre Company, for which he wrote several verse plays.

Family Life

He suffered a major emotional breakdown only days after marrying his first wife, Cornelia Cummins. After Cummins' death, Clarke happily remarried Norah Esmerelda Patricia Walker, with whom he had three children.

Associated With

Clarke's early poetry was deeply influenced by the work of william Butler Yeats, and he came to be regarded as one of the greatest Irish poets in the generation following Yeats.