{"id":384692,"date":"2026-04-06T13:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/384692\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:15:08","slug":"poet-and-writer-gabriel-rosenstock-dies-aged-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/384692\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet and writer Gabriel Rosenstock dies aged 76"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poet and writer Gabriel Rosenstock has died aged 76.<\/p>\n

In a statement, his family said he was an international poet who introduced Irish-language readers to many of the world’s greatest writers.<\/p>\n

“He believed in the power of poetry and in its ability to build bridges between different cultures. He was a prolific and restless soul who published over 400 books.<\/p>\n

“He will be greatly missed by all who knew him and who read him.<\/p>\n

“Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a anam d\u00edlis.”<\/p>\n

Regarded as one of the most significant figures in Irish-language literature, he spoke candidly a short time ago about his cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Irish Independent last month, Mr Rosenstock said he had stopped treatment as it was no longer working.<\/p>\n

He began writing a diary to chronicle his illness and a documentary based on the conversations between him and his son Tristan – who is a broadcaster and musician – will air as scheduled on RT\u00c9 Radi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Born in Kilfinane in Co Limerick in 1949, Mr Rosenstock studied at University College Cork, where he associated with the Innti group of poets.<\/p>\n

A member of Aosd\u00e1na, and a former chairman of Poetry Ireland\/\u00c9igse \u00c9ireann, he was the author and translator of more than 180 books, mostly in Irish.<\/p>\n

From the Archives: B\u00edonn Dh\u00e1 Insint Ar Gach Aon Sc\u00e9al<\/a><\/p>\n

Former director of Poetry Ireland Theo Dorgan has known Mr Rosenstock since their university days.<\/p>\n

He described his friend as a very spiritual man “slightly withdrawn in himself”, but had a “great life in him”.<\/p>\n

He said there was always that inner core of meditation and quiet and as he got older, “that became more and more the signature of his life and of his poetry”.<\/p>\n

Speaking on RT\u00c9’s News at One, Mr Dorgan said that for Mr Rosenstock, “poetry wasn\u2019t so much art as the expression of a deep spiritual quest”.<\/p>\n

He said he hopes that younger poets in particular will familarise themselves with his work “and it\u2019ll encourage them to open their eyes wider, far beyond the island [of Ireland]”.<\/p>\n

Mr Dorgan said that for such a public figure, Mr Rosenstock was a deeply private man, who was supported all his life by the immense love he had from his wife and the regard and love he had for and from his children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poet and writer Gabriel Rosenstock has died aged 76. In a statement, his family said he was an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-384692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}