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To grow
a second tongue, as
harsh a humiliation
as twice to be born.


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John Montague

John Montague

Born: February 28, 1929
Died: December 10, 2016 (aged 87)
Bio: John Montague was an Irish poet. He was born in New York and brought up in Tyrone. He has published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He is one of the best known Irish contemporary poets.
Known for:
  1. The Rough Field (1972)
  2. Time in Armagh (1993)
  3. The great cloak (1978)
  4. Smashing the piano (1999)
  5. An occasion of sin (1992)

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