Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
| Éilís Ní Dhuibhne | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1954 (age 60–61) Dublin, Ireland |
| Pen name |
Eilis Almquist Elizabeth O'Hara |
| Occupation | Writer, Academic |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater |
University College Dublin (UCD) University of Copenhagen |
| Genre | Novel, Play, Short Story |
| Website | |
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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (born 22 February 1954), also known as Eilis Almquist and Elizabeth O'Hara, is an Irish novelist and short story writer who writes both in Irish and English. She has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
Biography
Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin in 1954. She attended University College Dublin (UCD), where she studied Pure English, then Folklore. She was awarded the UCD Entrance scholarship for English, and two post graduate scholarships in Folklore. In 1978-9 she studied at the University of Copenhagen, and in 1982 was awarded a PhD from the National University of Ireland (NUI). She has worked in the Department of Irish Folklore in UCD, and for many years as a curator in the National Library of Ireland. Also a teacher of Creative Writing, she has been Writer Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin and is currently Writer Fellow at UCD. She is a member of Aosdána.[1]
Ní Dhuibhne was married to Bo Almqvist (died 2013) and has two sons.
Further information on Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's work may be found in Rebecca Pelan, ed, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: Perspectives. Galway, Arlen House, 2009.[2]
Awards
- Arts Council Bursaries in 1986 and 1996
- Listowel Poetry Award
- Oireachtas Awards for a play and novels
- Stewart Parker Award for a Play
- Butler Prose award (American Association of Irish Studies)
- Bisto Merit awards for The Hiring Fair and Hurlamanoc, and Bisto Book of the Year Award for Blaeberry Sunday
- The Dancers Dancing was shortlisted for the 2000 Orange Prize for Fiction[3]
List of works
- Novels in English
- The Bray House (1990)
- Singles (1994)
- The Dancers Dancing (1999)
- Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow (2007)
- Novels in Irish
- Dúnmharú sa Daingean (2001)
- Cailíní Beaga Ghleann na mBláth (2003)
- Hurlamaboc (2005)
- Dún an Airgid (2007)
- Dordán (2011)
- Collections
- Blood and Water (1989)
- Eating Women Is Not Recommended (1991)
- The Inland Ice (1997)
- The Pale Gold of Alaska (2000)
- Midwife to the Fairies (2003)
- The Shelter of Neighbours (2012)
- Children's Books
- The Uncommon Cormorant
- Hugo and the Sunshine Girl
- The Hiring Fair (1992)
- Blaeberry Sunday (1993)
- Penny Farthing Sally (1996)
- The Sparkling Rain (2004)
- Snobs, Dogs and Scobies (2011)
- Plays
- Dún na mBan Trí Thine
Produced by Amharclann de Hide and first performed at the Peacock, Dublin, 1995; - Milseog an tSamhraidh
Produced by Amharclann de Hide and first performed at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, in 1996; - The Nettle Shirts
Produced by the Abbey and performed at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin, in 1998.
References
- ↑ "aosdana". artscouncil.ie. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "Collection 2009".
- ↑ http://www.eilisnidhuibhne.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=27 for the entire bibliography, including the awards.
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