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John Murphy (poet)

John Murphy (Poet)
John Murphy (1959-) is an Irish poet. He was born in Dublin, and grew up in Stoneybatter. A computer scientist by profession, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he received his Ph.D. He has taught computer science and software engineering (DCU) for more than twenty years and has published more than fifty peer-reviewed scientific papers. He is a Fellow of both the British and Irish Computer Societies. His debut poetry collection, The Book Of Water (http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=262&a=223), was published by Salmon Poetry in 2012. His second collection, The Language Hospital (http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=403&a=223) was published by Salmon in 2016. He has been shortlisted for the Hennessy Cognac/Irish Times New Irish Writing Prize three times, and the Bridport Prize six times (prizewinner 2013). He was specially commended in The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Prize. He won the Strokestown International Poetry Prize in 2015, and for a second time in 2016 (https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/john-murphy-wins-strokestown-international-prize/).