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Biografisk notat
John Moriarty was born in County Kerry in 1938. He was educated at St Michael’s College and University College Dublin. He taught English literature at the University of Manitoba in Canada for six years before returning to Ireland in 1971. Moriarty’s writings reflected upon the nature of faith, spirituality and mysticism and mingled modern philosophy with ancient concepts. He died in Kerry on the 1st of June, 2007.<p>‘Moriarty’s erudition is immense … his words are shamanic, brushed with sparks of mystic fire.’</p>
- Gerry McCarthy,
<p>‘John Moriarty is Ireland’s most outstanding philosopher-theologian since Bishop Berkeley in the eighteenth century.’</p>
- Paul Durcan,
<p>‘In a land of extraordinary literary talent, I think John Moriarty is Ireland’s most important writer since Samuel Beckett.’</p>
- Thomas Moore,
<p>‘John Moriarty weaves an extraordinary tapestry of myths and memories … He has none of the dangerous certainty of the wide-eyed mystic and writes with grace and subtlety.’</p>
- Fintan O'Toole,
‘Moriarty’s erudition is immense … his words are shamanic, brushed with sparks of mystic fire.’ —GErry MCCartHy ‘John Moriarty is Ireland’s most outstanding philosopher-theologian since Bishop Berkeley in the eighteenth century.’ —PaUL DUrCan ‘In a land of extraordinary literary talent, I think John Moriarty is Ireland’s most important writer since Samuel Beckett.’ —tHoMaS MoorE ‘John Moriarty weaves an extraordinary tapestry of myths and memories … He has none of the dangerous certainty of the wide-eyed mystic and writes with grace and subtlety.’ —FIntan o’tooLE
John Moriarty’s erudition is immense … his words are shamanic, brushed with sparks of mystic fire.
- Gerry McCarthy,
John Moriarty is Ireland’s most outstanding philosopher-theologian since Bishop Berkeley in the eighteenth century.
- Paul Durcan,
In a land of extraordinary literary talent, I think John Moriarty is Ireland’s most important writer since Samuel Beckett.
- Thomas Moore,
John Moriarty weaves an extraordinary tapestry of myths and memories … He has none of the dangerous certainty of the wide-eyed mystic and writes with grace and subtlety.
- Fintan O'Toole,