Poem

Hunger

Title Hunger
Author Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
New Collected Poems 2011 Print Collection View Details

Translations

Connected translations of this poem.

Title Author Collection/Anthology Year View Details
- (untitled poem) Lorna Shaughnessy Migrant Shores: Irish, Moroccan & Galician Poetry 2017 View Details
Publication Instance Details #1927
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology New Collected Poems
Date of Publication 2011
Publisher The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 109-110
Alternative Title Knut Hamsun in Old Age
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Paratext Text (for Paul Durcan)
Notes First published as "Knut Hamsun in Old Age" in “A Kensington Notebook" and The Hunt by Night (1982). The Norwegian author's problematic relations to German occupiers during WWII inform the poem, Hitler mentioned explicitly.
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