ABOUT ME

Paul Murphy - Biography

Born in Belfast, 1965. He studied at the University of Warwick, gaining a BA in Film and Literature. From there he went to Queen's University Belfast to study for an MA on T.S.Eliot and the French philosopher Jacques Lacan. He has just finished a stint as writer-in-residence at the Albert-Ludwig Universitat, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany. His poetry, literary criticism, book reviews and travel writings have been published in English, Irish and American journals. He has published four pamphlets, one book of poetry, and has read from his work in Paris, London, Cambridge, Galway, and Belfast. He published his MA in Australia and he is at present working on many reviews of contemporary authors. He also writes philosophy and enjoys working on the interface between poetry and philosophy.

My thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for a post-pandemic award that gave the time and funding to build this site.