Vincent Woods
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Vincent Woods is a poet and playwright. He was born in Co. Leitrim in 1960 and has lived in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Woods worked as a journalist with RTÉ until 1989, when he began writing full-time. He has since returned to broadcasting and currently hosts 'The Arts Show' on RTÉ radio. He was won a number of awards, inlcuding the P.J. O'Connor award for radio drama, the Stewart Parker Award for drama and the M.J. McManus Prize for poetry. His poetry collections include 'The Colour of Language' (1994) and 'Lives and Miracles' (2002).Woods is a member of Aosdána. He lives in Galway.