Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Irish poet
Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Irish: [ˈd̪ˠɪɾʲən̪ˠ ˌnʲiː ˈʝɾʲiːfˠə]; English: ) is an Irish poet and essayist who writes in both Irish and English.
Early life and education
Doireann Ní Ghríofa was born in Galway in 1981 but grew up in County Clare.
Writing career
Ní Ghríofa has been published widely in literary magazines in Ireland and abroad, such as Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and The Stinging Fly, as well as in newspapers such as The Irish Times and the Irish Examiner, In 2012 her poem "Fáinleoga" won the Wigtown Award for poetry written in Scottish Gaelic. Ní Ghríofa was selected for the prestigious Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary Award 2014–2015.
A trilingual collaborative pamphlet written with Choctaw poet LeAnne Howe appeared in 2017. Ní Ghríofa collaborated with the artist Alice Maher on the limited edition book Nine Silences published by Salvage Press in 2018. In 2019, she was a contributor to A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West (Gingko Library).
Recognition
In 2016 her book Clasp was shortlisted for The Irish Times Poetry Now Award, the national poetry prize of Ireland and was awarded the Michael Hartnett Award. She was also awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2016.
In 2018, Ní Ghríofa received the Premio Ostana literary award (Italy) and was chosen as a Seamus Heaney Centre Fellow at Queen's University Belfast.
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