Valentin Iremonger

Valentin Iremonger ( born February 14, 1918 in Sandymount in Dublin, † 1991 in Dublin) was an Irish diplomat and poet.

Life

Iremonger was born in 1918 in Sandymount near Dublin. He attended the school of the Christian Brothers in Dublin Synge Street and then the Coláiste Mhuire, which is also run by the Christian Brothers. From 1938 to 1940 attended Iremonger the Abbey Theatre School of Acting. He then worked until 1946 as an actor and producer on the Dublin Abbey Theatre and the Gate Theatre.

In 1946, Iremonger for the Irish Foreign Ministry began to work. During his diplomatic career, he served as ambassador from 1964 to 1968 in Sweden, Norway and Finland, 1968-1973 Ambassador to India, and from 1973 to 1979 Ambassador to Luxembourg and finally from 1979 until his retirement in 1980 ambassador to Portugal.

In addition to his diplomatic career Iremonger was also active as a writer. From 1949 to 1951 he was editor of the poetry section of the magazine Envoy. Here was also published in 1950 his poetry collection Reservations. He wrote for various Irish and British journals articles and reviews.

In 1949, he was with Robert Greacen editor of " Faber Book of Contemporary Poetry". He translated the 1962 novel Rothaí Mór to tSaoil of Mici Mac Gabhann from Irish into English under the title The Hard Road to Klondike. In 1964 he translated the novel Dialann Deoraí by Dónal Mac Amhlaigh under the title An Irish navvy. As early as 1955 had translated The Marien- life of Rainer Maria Rilke entitled Beatha Mhuire into Irish Iremonger.

Works

• On the Barricades (1944 )
• Reservations ( 1950)
• Horan 's Field and Other Reservations ( 1972)
• Sandymount, Dublin (1988 )