Ailbhe Darcy
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Born | Ailbhe Darcy 1981 |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
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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[]
- ^ Rumens, Carol (24 September 2012). "Poem of the week: Silt Whisper by Ailbhe Darcy". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (29 May 2019). "€15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year winner revealed". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Flood, Alison (18 October 2018). "TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Smyth, Gerard (2 February 2019). "Six named on 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award shortlist". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Higgins, Kevin (11 April 2019). "Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish poet of her generation?". Galway Advertiser. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019.
Categories:
- 21st-century Irish poets
- 1981 births
- Irish women poets
- People from Dublin (city)
- Living people
- 21st-century Irish women writers
- University of Notre Dame alumni
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Irish expatriates in the United States
- Irish expatriates in Wales
- Academics of Cardiff University
- Irish poet stubs