Nick Laird Writer

Nicholas "Nick" Laird (born 1975) is a Northern Irish novelist and poet.He was born, and grew up, in Cookstown, County Tyrone.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1975
Birth place
Northern Ireland , County Tyrone , Cookstown

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Writer

Career start2005
influenced by
Paul Muldoon
Louis MacNeice
Michael Longley
W. B. Yeats

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Nick Laird on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,1475434,00.html
  2. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/poetry/story/0,,1815352,00.html
  3. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1129f14728LvP23FD183
  4. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/books/06book.htmlex=1294203600&en=3ac67f8238efff3c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
  5. http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/review/pr93-2/laird.htm
  6. http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/u/utterly-monkey.shtml
  7. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/07/26/bolaird25.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/07/24/bomain.html
  8. http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/poetry-matters/february2005/laird.html
  9. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/01/25