Ailbhe Darcy Explained

Ailbhe Darcy
Birth Name:Ailbhe Darcy
Birth Date:1981
Nationality:Irish
Alma Mater:University College Dublin

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Poem of the week: Silt Whisper by Ailbhe Darcy . . Carol . Rumens . 24 September 2012 . 28 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Poetry Programme preview: TS Eliot Prize nominee Ailbhe Darcy . 13 December 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20181213192924/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/1213/1016948-poetry-programme-preview-ts-eliot-prize-nominee-ailbhe-darcy/ . 13 December 2018 . live . 29 January 2020.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190621124914/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48693455 . 21 June 2019 . Wales Book of the Year 2019: Poet Ailbhe Darcy wins award . . 13 May 2019 . 28 August 2019 . live.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190802123202/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/poet-triumphs-wales-book-year-awards-1025456 . 2 August 2019 . live . Poet triumphs at Wales Book of the Year Awards . 20 June 2019 . Katie Mansfield . The Bookseller . 29 January 2020.
  5. News: 29 May 2019 . Martin . €15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year winner revealed . . 28 August 2019 . subscription . Doyle.
  6. News: TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist . Flood . . Alison . 18 October 2018 . 28 August 2019.
  7. News: 2 February 2019 . subscription . Gerard . Smyth . Six named on 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award shortlist . . 28 August 2019.
  8. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20190602130910/https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/106935/ailbhe-darcy-the-best-irish-poet-of-her-generation . Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish poet of her generation? . . live . Kevin . Higgins . 11 April 2019 . 2 June 2019.