Michael Naghten Shanks is a Poetry Ireland Rising Generation poet. A recipient of both a Literature Bursary and Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland, he is author of the pamphlets Year of the Ingénue and The Architecture of Red Caviar Sandwiches. Twice shortlisted for Poem of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, he has had multiple poems longlisted for the National Poetry Competition and The London Magazine Poetry Prize. Born in Dublin, he lives in Wexford.