F. R. Higgins

Frederick Robert Higgins (1896–1941) was an Irish poet and theatre director active in the early twentieth century. He is associated with the Irish Literary Revival and was a close associate of W. B. Yeats. His poetry often celebrates the landscapes, folklore, and rural communities of Ireland, with particular attention to the western seaboard. Higgins employed traditional lyric forms and vivid, sensuous imagery drawn from nature and country life. His collections include 'Salt Air' (1923), 'Island Blood' (1925), 'The Dark Breed' (1927), and 'Arable Holdings' (1933). From 1935 until his death, he served as managing director of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He was a member of the Irish Academy of Letters. Higgins's work contributed to the revival of Irish poetry in the first half of the twentieth century, bridging the Celtic Twilight and later modernist currents.