Professional of the Year - Literacy/Works/Poetry

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Michael McDonagh

Title: Self-employed arts writer and poet
Industry: Literary Works
Type of Organization: Self
Major Product/Service: Poems and collaborations with artists from different disciplines/media; Wide-ranging critical pieces on music, film, and art; Books
Expertise: Michael has 45 years of writing experience in the arts as well as writing and performing in several of his pieces for live theatre; film. He is a widely published, poet, and a critic, dramatist, filmmaker, director, and sometime actor. His work has been translated into Arabic; Japanese; Russian, and Spanish.
Geographic Area of Distribution: International
University/Degree: B.A., English, Loyola Marymount University, 1973
Hobbies/Sports: Traveling, reading, writing
Work History: McDonagh has published pieces on many artistic ventures. He is a writer/editor for www.ebar.com, www.sequenza21.com, www.21st-centurymusic.com, www.keyboard.com, and other publications; Lecturer; Radio co-host.
Published Works: Before I Forget (1990) Once (1996 ) All Kinds of Weather (2016)