‘One solace I have had over the past terrible year is the knowledge that John was – and is – deeply loved’
Few could touch the quick of things as John Montague did in his verses
Few could touch the quick of things as John Montague did in his verses
‘He would carry words through the noise of domesticity to drop them safely onto the page’
Ulster poet had a ‘dramatic, engaged, fruitful literary life right to the end of his days’
Higgins heard news ‘with sorrow’, describing him as ‘one of our finest poets’
Leading figure in Irish contemporary literature published more than 30 books
John Montague and Elizabeth Wassell are heartbroken over the attack in Nice
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