Caoilinn Hughes Explained

Caoilinn Hughes
Nationality:Irish
Alma Mater:Queen's University of Belfast,
Victoria University of Wellington
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Notableworks:Gathering Evidence (2014); Orchid And The Wasp (2018); The Wild Laughter (2020)
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Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist, and short story writer.

Life

She holds BA and MA degrees from Queen's University of Belfast, and a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.[1] Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence (Carcanet Press, 2014),[2] won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award in 2015. Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp (Oneworld / Hogarth Press, 2018),[3] won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize,[4] was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award[5] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award[6] and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020.[7] In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize for her story "Psychobabble".[8] [9] In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story "Prime".[10] She won the An Post Irish Book Awards' writing.ie Story of the Year 2020.[11] Her second novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld, 2020),[12] won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award 2021,[13] [14] and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020,[15] the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award,[16] the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer),[17] and was longlisted for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize.[18] She was the 2021 Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.[19]

Works

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Notes and References

  1. News: Debut novelist Caoilinn Hughes comes first (and third!) in The Moth Short Story Prize. Kevin. Barry. The Irish Times. 6 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Carcanet Press, Gathering Evidence. Carcanet Press.
  3. Web site: Oneworld, Orchid and the Wasp. Oneworld Publications.
  4. Web site: Collyer Bristow prize: Caoilinn Hughes wins for Orchid the Wasp. The London Magazine. 4 October 2019.
  5. Web site: Big Book Awards 2019 shortlist reveals the hottest reads of the summer. Christian. Tobin. Cosmopolitan. 8 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Best First Novel Award. Authors' Club.
  7. Web site: International DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist. Dublin City Libraries. 11 November 2019 .
  8. News: 'Psychobabble' by Caoilinn Hughes, winner of The Moth Short Story Prize 2018. Caoilinn. Hughes. The Irish Times. 6 September 2018.
  9. News: 'Standard Deviation' by Caoilinn Hughes: third place in The Moth short story prize. Caoilinn. Hughes. The Irish Times. 6 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize . Literary Hub . Literary Hub . 11 August 2019 . May 16, 2019.
  11. Web site: writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2020. Irish Book Awards. 6 September 2020.
  12. Web site: The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes review – an Irish Cain and Abel . the Guardian . 7 September 2020 . en . 4 July 2020.
  13. Web site: 'Encore Award Winner Announced'. Caoilinn. Hughes. Royal Society of Literature. 17 June 2021.
  14. News: Caoilinn Hughes wins £10,000 Encore Award for The Wild Laughter. Martin. Doyle. Irish Times . 20 May 2021 . en . 1 February 2021.
  15. Web site: 'An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020 Shortlist'. An Post Irish Book Awards. 17 June 2021.
  16. Web site: 'RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award Shortlist'. Caoilinn. Hughes. An Post Irish Book Awards. 17 June 2021.
  17. Web site: Emerging Writer Award Shortlist 2021. 2021-04-20. www.zurich.ie. en.
  18. Web site: 2021-01-21. Dylan Thomas Prize 2021: Longlist Announced. live. 2021-03-29. Wales Arts Review. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122160443/https://www.walesartsreview.org/dylan-thomas-prize-2021-longlist-announced/ . 2021-01-22 .
  19. Web site: Arts Council Writer Fellow Appointments 2021 . Irish Arts Council . 17 June 2021 . en . 1 February 2021.
  20. News: 'Orchid and the Wasp' by Caoilinn Hughes: this year's 'Conversations with Friends'. The Irish Times. Paul . McVeigh. 9 June 2018.
  21. The New Yorker Recommends: 'Orchid and the Wasp,' a Winning Début Novel. Katy. Waldman. The New Yorker. 14 August 2018.
  22. Web site: In 'Orchid And The Wasp,' An Unapologetic Heroine Who's No Gentle Flower. NPR.org. 5 August 2018.
  23. Web site: 'And never was griping so gay: Disinheritance and disorientation in The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes'. Times Literary Supplement. Oliver . Eagleton. 3 July 2020.
  24. Web site: 'The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes — a grim and comic tale'. Financial Times. Houman . Barekat. 29 September 2020.
  25. Web site: 'The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes, review: A dark, epic family saga about rural Ireland'. i News. Sarah . Hughes. 23 July 2020.
  26. News: 'The Wild Laughter: Moving tale of assisted suicide in time of recession'. The Irish Times. Sarah . Gilmartin. 25 July 2020.

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