Literature Ireland

Billy Ramsell

Billy Ramsell was born in Cork in 1977 and studied at the North Monestary and UCC. His work has appeared in Peotry London, Poetry Review, Poetry, Magma, The Stinging Fly, and Poetry Ireland Review. He has published two collections, Complicated Pleasures (2007) and The Architect's Dream of Winter (2013), which was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award. He was awarded the Chair of Ireland Bursary in 2013, and a Poetry Ireland Writer in Residency Bursary in 2015. He also teaches workshops and reads at festivals around the world. 

Translated books

The Architect's Dream of Winter