born in Dingle, County Kerry in 1964. he attended a well-to-do middle class Catholic boys’ school in Dublin. While he was studying at UCD, he met Helen Rudnicka whom he married in Poland. After 5 years of wedded bliss , he met and married Claudette Martin, a French woman from a wealthy Toulouse family. That marriage too broke up after several years due to his heavy drinking and extramarital affairs. He moved to Dresden and at the age of 38, his fist book of poetry caused scandal and outrage and is still on the ‘banned’ list of most major booksellers. As it is difficult to purchase Lawn’s work, this site has been put on the web for all those who would like to have access to his work.

One of Ireland’s most controversial poets. His first collection of poems :

‘Songs of the dead’

banned from most Irish bookshops: Tom Ryan author of ‘Irish Poetry Today’ writes “ His verse and poetry are outrageously honest and unapologetic - A Kantian Joyce in metric form!”

Glen is a collection on which Lawn is presently working. It is due to be published towards the end of 2004. In this new collection, poems depict a world view of non-self.

Glen - cnuasach ar a bhfuil Lawn ag obair faoi láthair. Tá sé le teacht amach ag deireadh na bliana 2004. Sa chnuasach filíochta nua seo, scrúdaíonn an file an bheatha gan ‘mé-féin’ ar bith ann - coincheap easpa féineachais.

Rugadh Howard Lawn sa Daingean sa bhliain 1964. D’fhreastail sé ar chloláiste Caitliceach le haghaidh buachaillí i mBaile Átha Cliath. Nuair a bhí sé ar Ollscoil na hÉireann, bhuail sé le Polannach, Helen Rudnicka agus phós sé í i Varsá.. Tar éis cúig bliana le chéile, d’éirigh sé mór le Claudette Martin, Francach mná ó chlann acmhainneach in Toulouse. Briseadh an cleamhnas sin ar carraigeacha an tsaoil de dheasca olachain agus imeachtaí drabhláis eile a bhíodh ar siúl aige. D’aistrigh sé go dtí Dresden sa Ghearmáin agus é 38 mbliana. Ba mhór an scannal agus raic a rinneadh de bharr a chéad chuasach filíochta baineadh é de sheilfeanna ina lán de siopaí leabhar in Éirinn. Os rud é go mbíonn sé crua go leor teacht ar fhoilseacháin den fhile, thángthas ar an smaoineadh cuid dá dhánta a chur ar fáil ar leathanach gréasáin. Bheadh áthas ar an údar aon fhocal molta no cáinte a léamh. Cuirigí bhur dtuairimí agus smaointe maidir le saothar an fhile chuige díreach trí bhithin an ríomhphoist thuas. Beirigí bua agus bainigí taitneamh as an suíomh seo!