Statement by President Higgins on the death of John Wakeman
Date: Mon 5th Mar, 2018 | 16:42
"It is with great sadness that I have learned of the death of John Wakeman, author, poet and founder of The SHOp Magazine of Poetry.
Over the period between 1999 and 2014, the SHOp was recognised as one of the most beautiful poetry journals of the period. The magazine published the work of internationally recognised poets, including Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Brendan Kennelly and John Montague, and also provided a welcome and much needed space for emerging talents.
Sabina and I send our deepest sympathies to his wife Hilary, their children Harry, Tully, Matthew, Theo and Rhiannon, and all members of their family.”