Paul Bregazzi

Paul Bregazzi was born and bred in Dublin. His poetry has been published, broadcast and anthologised widely and has been awarded and shortlisted in numerous competitions including: Rialto Nature, the Bridport, Bailieborough, Ledwidge, Magma Editor’s Prize, Touchstone Haiku of the Year (U.S.) and the Genjuan International Haibun Competition (Japan). He was selected for Poetry Ireland’s Introduction Series in 2015 and won the Cúirt New Writing Prize for Poetry 2017.  He is a member of the four-man collaborative collective Quarterman, was a co-founder with Daragh Bradish of the Listeners literary group and serves as an Assistant Editor with The Haibun Journal. He was the recipient of a South Dublin Co. Council Tyrone Guthrie Centre residency in 2018 and the Words Ireland Mentorship programme in 2019. He received an Arts Council Agility Award in 2023.