Matthew Sweeney

Born in Co. Donegal, Matthew Sweeney lived for many years in London. Recently, he has been spending time in Germany and Romania but continues to return frequently to the UK and Ireland. Sweeney's poetry collections include A Dream of Maps (1981), A Round House (1983), Blue Shoes (1989), Cacti (1992), The Bridal Suite (1997) and A Smell of Fish (2000). Selected Poems was published in 2002 and in 2004 Sweeney co-edited an anthology of 'poems for strange times', Emergency Kit. His poetry collections and books for children are The Flying Spring Onion (1992), Fatso in the Red Suit (1995) and Up on the Roof: New and Selected Poems (2001). Sweeney is also the editor of the New Faber Book of Children's Verse as well as of the New Faber Book of Children's Poems.