Diarmuid Ó Gráinne

Diarmuid Ó Gráinne (10 May 1950 – 28 August 2013) was an Irish-language writer and journalist from the County Galway Gaeltacht. He wrote for the newspaper, Lá and featured on Raidió na Gaeltachta. He released a number of books, perhaps best known works are his semi-autobiographical novel writings An Traimp and Muintir na Coille.

Ó Gráinne was strongly influenced by his fellow Connemara-man, Máirtín Ó Cadhain whose death he felt left a hole in the leadership of the Irish-language movement. Ó Gráinne also took an interest in some Continental European authors, translating writings by or autobiographies about Karl Marx, Albert Camus and Freidrich Nietzsche into Irish.

Bibliography

Criticism

• An Dá Mháirtín (Comhar: 1990)

Novels

• An Traimp (Cló Iar-Chonnacht: 1991)
• Brionglóidí briste (An Clóchomhar Teoranta: 1991)
• Cloch Scoiltí (Coiscéim: 2002)
• An Drochshúil (Coiscéim: 2002)
• Muintir na Coille (Coiscéim: 2011)

Poetry

• Spéir thoirní (Coiscéim: 1993)
• Spealadh an drúchta (Coiscéim: 1995)
• Coill chríon na bhForbacha (Coiscéim: 2001)

Short-stories

• Céard a dhéanfas tú anois? (Coiscéim: 1997)

Philosophy

• Ó Rinn go Sáil, I (Coiscéim: 2010)
• Ó Rinn go Sáil, II (Coiscéim: 2012)
• Ó Rinn go Sáil, III (Coiscéim: 2013)

Miscellaneous

• Karl Marx (Coiscéim: 1993) translation of Caroline Seaward
• A scéal féin – Máire Phatch Mhóir Uí Churraoin (Coiscéim: 1995)
• Peait Phádraic Tom Ó Conghaile – A scéal féin (Coiscéim: 1997)
• Friedrich Nietzsche: Saol agus smaointeachas (Coiscéim: 1997)
• Doirse éalaithe (Coiscéim: 2004)
• Fágann marbh láthair (Coiscéim: 2006)
• An dorn iata (Coiscéim: 2007)
• Cúba agus Castró (Coiscéim: 2009)
• An Strainséara (Coiscéim: 2012) translation of L’Étranger by Albert Camus

External links

• Diarmuid Ó Gráinne at Writing.ie
• Ó Gráinne, Diarmuid at Ainm.ie