Nóta Beathaisnéise

Is as Co an Chláir do Doireann Ní Ghríofa ó dhúchas. Bhain sí amach céim mháistreachta sa Nua-Ghaeilge. Tá filíocht léi foilsithe i bhFeasta, Comhar, Ropes Anthology, Revival, An tUltach, Crannóg, The Stony Thursday Book agus An Gael. Beidh tuilleadh dánta á fhoilsiú go luath i Prairie Schooner Contemporary Irish Writers Issue, Melusine agus Cyphers. Bhain sí duais amach san Oireachtais Liteartha 2010 i rannóg na Scríbhneoirí Úra agus bhí dán léi ar ghearrliosta Comórtas Uí Néill 2011. Bhronn an Chomhairle Ealaíon sparánacht uirthi.  D’fhoilsigh Coiscéim an chéad cnuasach léi, dár dteideal Résheoid, agus foilseofar a dara chnuasach Dúlasair i 2012.

Biographical Note

Doireann Ní Ghríofa grew up in County Clare. She holds a Masters Degree in Modern Irish Literature. Her poetry has been published in Feasta, Comhar, Ropes Anthology, Revival, An tUltach, Crannóg, The Stony Thursday Book and An Gael. Further poems are forthcoming in Prairie Schooner-Contemporary Irish Writers Issue, Melusine and Cyphers. Doireann was among the prize-winners in the emerging writer category at the Oireachtas literary awards 2010 and was shortlisted in Comórtas Uí Néill 2011. The Arts Council has awarded her a literature bursary. Her debut collection, Résheoid, is published by Coiscéim, and her forthcoming collection Dúlasair will be published in 2012.