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CHUCK KRUGER

Chuck has won many short story and poetry awards in Ireland and the UK.

Born in 1938, he grew up in Finger Lakes of NY. He moved to Cape Clear island in 1992 to become a writer after more than 20 years as a lecturer in Zurich. His stories chronicle life on the island.

He has four books to his name, so far, all set on the island.

Cape Clear Island Magic,
The Man Who Talks to Himself,
Flotsam & Jetsam
and
Between a Rock

For details, unexpurgated reviews, and pics, explore Chuck's website:

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Poems published in The Aisling Books Ireland, The Burning Bush, Cork Literary Review, Matrix (NZ), Northeast (USA), Painted Bride Quarterly (USA), Poetry Ireland Review, Reality, The Recorder (USA), The SHOp, Southword, Stinging Fly, west47, Wild Ireland. Short story in Phoenix Irish Short Stories 1999; 4 poems in Poets For The Millennium Anthology (Cork).

Winner of the Bryan MacMahon Short Story Competition ’03 (part of the Listowel’s Writers’ Week Festival); The Dubliner Short Story Contest ’02; the “How do I love thee?” ’04 Poetry Competition (UK); the Shinrone Poetry Festival ’02; the Cork Literary Review’s 2000 & 1998 Short Story Competitions.
Short-listed ’02 & ’01 for the Francis MacManus Short Story Contest; 2nd in Bealtaine Laois Literature Festival ’03 for the Short Story Award; 2nd in Féile Iorras ’01 Literary Competition; 3rd prize in the Wells Festival of Literature Short Story Competition ’02.

Post: Chuck Kruger, Glen West, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland;
Tel +353 (0)28 39157

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