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Doireann Ní Ghríofa is an Irish poet and essayist who writes in both Irish and English. Biography. Doireann Ní Ghríofa was born in Galway in 1981 but grew up in County Clare. She now lives in County Cork.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual writer devoted to exploring how the past makes itself felt within the present. ‘ A Ghost in the Throat’ finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder.
Aug 29, 2020 · Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Sat Aug 29 2020 - 06:00. There once was a woman who fell in love with a poem. The woman was pregnant and tired. The poem was very, very old; it had been born in 1773,...
Doireann Ní Ghríofa is an award-winning bilingual poet. Her latest collection is Clasp (The Dedalus Press, 2015).
A Ghost in the Throat blends research and auto-fiction to tell the story of a young mother’s fascination with storied Irish poet Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, touching on the themes of motherhood, death, past, and place often found in Ní Ghríofa’s poetry.
Jun 2, 2021 · Doireann Ní Ghríofa discusses her love of American poetry, the role history plays in her work, and the joys of translating herself.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual writer , devoted to exploring how the past makes itself felt within the present. ‘ A Ghost in the Throat’ finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa was born in Galway in 1981. She grew up in County Clare, and moved to Cork at the age of seventeen. She published two books with Coiscéim in Dublin, Résheoid (2011) and Dúlasair (2012) before publishing her third book Clasp with Dedalus Press in 2015.A bilingual chapbook Dordéan, do Chroí / A Hummingbird, your Heart, published by Smithereens Press in 2014, marked the ...
A New York Times Critics' Choice, Top Books of 2021. Winner: James Tait Black Award. Winner: Book of the Year, Irish Book Awards. Winner: Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Kirkus Books Best of the Year. Finalist:Rathbones Folio Prize,Republic of Consciousness Prize, Gordon Burn Prize.
- 'Tuile agus Trá' composed by Linda Buckley with poetry by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, performed at National Concert Hall by Iarla Ó Lionáird and the National Symphony Orchestra. Premiere here - 'Skra na mrok' translated to Polish by Jerzy Jarniewicz, published by Biuro Literackie.
