The poet Ciaran Carson, who has died aged 70 of cancer, grew up in the Catholic Falls Road area of Belfast. Belfast Confetti is dedicated to the poet’s father: William Carson, a postman and Irish-language aficionado. Other recognition came in the form of the TS Eliot prize, the Irish Times Irish literature prize, the Cholmondeley award, and the Forward prize. “Hardy-handsome,” Heaney called him, referring to the portrait of Carson by Jeffrey Morgan, “with his Black Mountain behind him and his talismanic flute …”Carson remained characteristically stoical in the face of his illness. • Ciaran Carson, poet, born 9 October 1948; died 6 October 2019

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 16:18 UTC