About Kevin Faller
Lived 1920 – 1983 (aged 62–63). Kevin Faller was an Irish poet.
Kevin Faller (1920–1983) was an Irish scriptwriter and poet.
Faller was born in Galway City. His paternal grandparents were German refugees from the Black Forest in Baden-Wuerttemberg, and had opened a jewellery shop in 1879 on Williamsgate Street, in the city centre.
He moved to Dublin in 1945, working with book publishers, on newspaper editorial staff and wrote radio scripts.
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Genesis (a novel), London, TV Boardman, 1953 Lyrics, Dublin, Colm O’Lochlainn, 1963 Lament for Bull Island and Other Poems, Dublin, The Goldsmith Press, 1973 The Lilac Tree and Other Poems, Dublin, St Beuno's Press, 1979 Memoirs: Collected Poems, Mornington, County Meath, Tracks, 1984 Irish Poetry of Faith and Doubt:The Cold Heaven, ed. John F. Deane, Wolfhound Press, 1990.
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Who was Kevin Faller?
Irish poet
When was Kevin Faller born?
Kevin Faller was born in 1920.
When did Kevin Faller die?
Kevin Faller died in 1983.
What was Kevin Faller's occupation?
Kevin Faller was a poet.
What nationality was Kevin Faller?
Kevin Faller was Irish.
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