Medbh mcguckian biography of martin

          Medbh McGuckian.

        1. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how a reading of Martin Heidegger's philosophy might illuminate McGuckian's work.
        2. Nationality: Irish.
        3. [née Maeve Teresa Philomena McCaughan]; b.
        4. The book contains eleven essays by internationally known scholars, a new interview with McGuckian herself, and a detailed bibliography.

          5. Nationality: Irish..

          Medbh McGuckian

          Poet from Northern Ireland (born )

          Medbh McGuckian (born as Maeve McCaughan on 12 August ) is a poet from Northern Ireland.

          Biography

          She was born the third of six children as Maeve McCaughan to Hugh and Margaret McCaughan in North Belfast. Her father was a school headmaster and her mother an influential art and music enthusiast.[1] She was educated at Holy Family Primary School and Dominican College, Fortwilliam and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in and a Master of Arts degree in at Queen's University Belfast.

          Maeve McCaughan adopted the Irish spelling of her name, Medbh, when her university teacher, Seamus Heaney, wrote her name that way when signing books to her.[2] She married a teacher and poet, John McGuckian, in [1]

          She has worked as a teacher in her native Belfast at St.

          Patrick's College, Knock and an editor and was the first female Writer in Residence at Queen's University Belfast (–).[3] She spent p