Mark Granier

Mark Granier born in London, England, is an Irish poet and photographer based in Dublin, Ireland.

Biography Mark Granier was born in London in 1957. He completed an MA in Poetry/Creative Writing with Lancaster University and has been teaching creative writing in University College Dublin for several years. He lives in Dublin with his wife and son.

He has published six poetry collections: Airborne (Salmon Poetry, 2001), The Sky Road (Salmon Poetry, 2007), Fade Street (Salt Publishing, 2010), Haunt (Salmon Poetry, 2015), Ghostlight: New & Selected Poems (Salmon Poetry, 2017) and Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know (Salmon Poetry, 2025). He received five Arts Council bursaries, in 2002, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2021 (and a Covid 19 Response Award in 2020). Other awards include the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize in 2004 and The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Poetry Fellowship in 2011 and 2016.

The Irish Times describes Granier's Fade Street, in which the title poem is a reflection on a Victorian era photograph, as "ekphrastic." In its review of Fade Street, Poetry Ireland Review, describes Granier as, "well-known for his visual sense." The Sky Road (Salmon, 2007) Fade Street (Salt, 2010) Haunt (Salmon, 2015) Ghostlight: New & Selected Poems (Salmon, 2017) Everything You Always Wanted To Know (Salmon, 2025)

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