GERARD SMYTH was born in Dublin in 1951. He has been publishing poetry in literary journals in Ireland, Britain and North America since the late 1960s. He is the author of five collections: World Without End (New Writers' Press, 1977); Loss and Gain (Raven Arts Press, 1981); Painting the Pink Roses Black (Dedalus Press, 1986); and Daytime Sleeper (Dedalus, 2002), which also appeared in a Romanian translation in 2003. His latest collection, A New Tenancy, was published in 2004.

'At his best he can set images ringing with life and make them resonant with significance' - Books Ireland

'Daytime Sleeper is a refreshing and invigorating testament to a true poet at work in the world' - Eugene O'Connell, Cork Literary Review

'Gerard Smyth has a painstaking eye for the telling detail... in his hands the impact of simplicity is extraordinary'- Philip Casey

'He may do for Dublin in verse what Joyce did for it in prose' - Michael Hartnett