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Robert Anthony Welch was born on 25 November, 1947 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland, is an Irish author, screenwriter and scholar. Discover Robert Anthony Welch's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Occupation Playwright, poet, author, academic
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 25 November 1947
Birthday 25 November
Birthplace Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Date of death 3 February, 2013
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Nationality Ireland

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1550

Volume 3, entitled The Irish Book in English 1550–1800, appeared in 2006, edited by Raymond Gillespie and Andrew Hadfield.

1789

This was followed by other work, including A History of Verse Translation from the Irish: 1789–1897 (1988, Colin Smythe Ltd), Changing States: Transformations in Modern Irish Writing (1993, Routledge).

1890

Volume 5, entitled The Irish Book in English 1890–2000, appeared in 2010, edited by Clare Hutton and Patrick Walsh.

1899

This was titled A History of the Abbey Theatre 1899–1999: Form and Pressure (1999, Oxford University Press).

1947

Robert Anthony Welch (25 November 1947 – 3 February 2013) was an Irish author and scholar.

Robert Anthony Welch was an emeritus professor of English and former dean of the faculty at the University of Ulster.

1980

Welch's critical work began in 1980 with Irish Poetry from Moore to Yeats (Colin Smythe), which charted for the first time the achievements of the major 19th-century Irish poets leading to the work of William Butler Yeats.

1984

He joined the university in 1984 as professor of English and head of the School of English, Media, and Theatre Studies, having previously taught at the School of English, University of Leeds, and the University of Ife in Nigeria.

He was born in Cork, Ireland and was educated at University College Cork and later the University of Leeds.

He earned his master's degree at Cork University under Sean Lucy and then went to study for his Ph.D. under Yeats scholar Norman Jeffares at Leeds University, where he also held a lectureship in English.

1991

Welch's first published volume of poetry was Muskerry (1991, Dedalus Press), followed by Secret Societies (1997, Dedalus Press) and The Blue Formica Table (1999, Dedalus Press), and The Evergreen Road (2004, Lagan Press).

1992

In 1992, Welch was awarded the Oireachtas Prize for criticism, and in 2003 he was made Senior Distinguished Research Fellow of the University of Ulster.

1993

He edited for Penguin Books W B Yeats: Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend, and Myth (1993).

1994

Welch's fiction includes The Kilcolman Notebook (1994, Brandon Press), followed by Tearmann (in Irish, Coisceim, 1997) and Groundwork (1997, Blackstaff Press) which was named in The New York Times Book Review as one of the notable books of 1998 and was translated and serialised for Slovakian national radio.

1996

A novelist and poet as well as a critic and editor, Welch published The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature in 1996, a book that appeared on the bestsellers list.

The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature appeared in 1996, followed by a concise version in 2000.

Other editorial work included Patrick Galvin: New and Selected Poems (with Greg Delanty, 1996, Cork University Press).

This volume includes notes and a jointly authored introduction.

1997

Welch wrote the introduction to Rogha Danta/Death in the Land of Youth: New and Selected Poems of Seán Ó Tuama (1997, Cork University Press).

1999

Welch's history of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin was published in 1999 to mark the centenary of the first productions of what became the Irish National Theatre.

2004

Welch's play Protestants was commissioned by Ransom Productions in 2004 and premiered at The Old Museum Arts Centre in Belfast, followed by a tour of Northern Ireland, the West End (Soho Theatre) and Edinburgh (Traverse Theatre).

2007

Kicking the Black Mamba: Life, Death, Alcohol and Death, a memoir of his son Egan who drowned in 2007, was published in September 2012 by Darton, Longman and Todd.

The book prompted significant attention from paper, internet, radio and television media on its release and posthumously achieved the number -one position among RTÉ best sellers.

It was called a "masterpiece of memoir-writing" by reviewer Paddy Kenoe.

2008

His research focused on the interaction between Gaelic tradition and Irish poetry in English, a field in which he achieved wide recognition and which was given special mention in the citation that led to his election to membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 2008.

Welch was married to Angela O'Riordan, with whom he had four children, including theatre director Rachel O'Riordan.

In 2008 he was awarded membership to the Royal Irish Academy.

2009

In 2009, Welch received the O'Connor Literary Award in Monasterevin, County Kildare at the Gerard Manley Hopkins summer school.

In 2009 he was awarded the O'Connor Award at the Gerard Manley Hopkins Literature Festival in Kildare, Ireland.

2010

A new collection titled Constanza was published in July 2010.

In 2010, Welch was commissioned by Ransom Productions to write one part of a double bill entitled Both Sides along with David Ireland, which opened at the Lyric Theatre.

2011

Japhy Ryder: Ar Shleasaibh na Mangartan, a book of biographical and critical studies, won the prize at Oireachteas, Ireland's premier Irish language cultural festival, in 2011.

Two stories from a collection titled The Trap of their Hexes appeared in The Dublin Review, and another story from the collection appeared in the Irish Pages.

2014

His first posthumous release, The Cold of Mayday Monday, was released in 2014 and is considered a "major achievement of scholarship and narrative."

Welch was general editor of a series published by Colin Smythe entitled Ulster Editions and Monographs containing 16 volumes.

With Professor Brian Walker of Queen's University Belfast, he was general editor of the five-volume series The Oxford History of the Irish Book from Oxford University Press.