Ailbhe Darcy

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Ailbhe Darcy
Born
Ailbhe Darcy

1981
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Notable work
  • Insistence (2018)
Awards

Ailbhe Darcy (born 1981) is an Irish poet and Wales Book of the Year award laureate.

Career[]

Ailbhe Darcy was born in 1981 and grew up in Dublin.[1] In 2015, she was awarded an MFA and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame.[2] Darcy now lives in Cardiff. She won the Wales Book of the Year award[3][4] and the Pigott Poetry Prize at the 2019 Listowel Writers' Week with her collection Insistence,[5] which was also shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize[6] and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award.[7]

Darcy is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University.[8]

Bibliography[]

Poetry[]

  • Darcy, Ailbhe (2011). Imaginary Menagerie. Bloodaxe. ISBN 978-1-85224-901-4.
  • Darcy, Ailbhe; Fowler, SJ (2017). Subcritical Tests. Gorse Editions. ISBN 978-0-9928047-8-7.
  • Darcy, Ailbhe (2018). Insistence. Bloodaxe. ISBN 978-1-78037-078-1.

References[]

  1. ^ Rumens, Carol (24 September 2012). "Poem of the week: Silt Whisper by Ailbhe Darcy". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Poetry Programme preview: TS Eliot Prize nominee Ailbhe Darcy". RTÉ.ie. 13 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Wales Book of the Year 2019: Poet Ailbhe Darcy wins award". BBC News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ Katie Mansfield (20 June 2019). "Poet triumphs at Wales Book of the Year Awards". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ Doyle, Martin (29 May 2019). "€15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year winner revealed". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  6. ^ Flood, Alison (18 October 2018). "TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ^ Smyth, Gerard (2 February 2019). "Six named on 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award shortlist". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  8. ^ Higgins, Kevin (11 April 2019). "Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish poet of her generation?". Galway Advertiser. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019.
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