Eavan Boland is a female Irish poet born in 1944. Boland studied at Trinity College in Dublin during the 60s, eventually going on to publish her first book of poetry, “23 Poems”, in 1962 while still a student.

Dominant among the themes she writes about is the troubled place that women hold in Irish culture and history, Boland has always aimed to portray with honesty the female experience.

Her poetry is notable for subverting traditional ideas of womanhood, often in the context of Irish history. It wasn’t, however, until her fifth book, In Her Own Image (1980), she attained international recognition and praise.

She was a Professor at Stanford University in California fron 1996. She died in 2020.