Perfume of the soil.

Guckian, Mary, 1942-

Published by Dublin: Swan Press, 1999

About this Item

PAPERBACK, fresh attractive copy, little used if at all. LAID IN: full personal handwritten postcard from author Mary to the recipients of the inscribed book, from her trip to Dublin. INSCRIBED over 3-lines to Mary and Howard and SIGNED Mary Guckian. GUCKIAN, MARY. Perfume of the soil. Dublin: Swan Press, 1999, 60pp., . Based on the source of the book, we can make an excellent guess as to the identity of the recipient. - Mary Guckian was born in 1942 in Co. Leitrim. One of a family of seven, her childhood was spent on a totally self-sufficient, organic farm. She began work with Leitrim County Council, moved to Dublin, but eventually left Ireland at different stages to live and work in Sydney, Tasmania, the Channel Islands and Oxford. She currently works in the library of the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin. Throughout a life of participation within the arts, she has published poetry and fiction and she is also an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited in a number of locations. Her photographs of rural Ireland formed part of a postcard series available in Ireland during the 1980s. She has won awards for her poetry, which has appeared in a number of literary journals, including Acorn, Books Ireland and Women s Work. A selection of her work is also included in the innovative anthology Quartet which emerged from her time as a member of the Rathmines Writers Group and her longer poems have been broadcast by RTE and Anna Livia Radio. 9780952134275 ISBN 0952134276. Seller Inventory # 95425

Bibliographic Details

Title: Perfume of the soil.

Publisher: Dublin: Swan Press, 1999

Binding: Soft cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)