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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942) is an Irish poet
Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
 born in Cork (city)
Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the Ireland third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland of Munster....
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an Ní Chuilleanáin is the daughter of Eilís Dillon
Eilís Dillon

Eil?s Dillon was an Irish author of 50 books, translated into 15 languages.Eil?s Dillon was born in 1920 in Galway, Ireland. Her family was involved in Irish revolutionary politics; her uncle Joseph Mary Plunkett was a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation and was executed after the Easter Rising....
 and Professor Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin. She was educated at University College Cork and The University of Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
. She lives in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 with her husband Macdara Woods
Macdara Woods

Macdara Woods is an Irish poetry born in Dublin....
 and their son Niall. She is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin where she is an associate professor of English Literature specialising in the Renaissance.






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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 1942) is an Irish poet
Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
 born in Cork (city)
Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the Ireland third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland of Munster....
.

Life

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is the daughter of Eilís Dillon
Eilís Dillon

Eil?s Dillon was an Irish author of 50 books, translated into 15 languages.Eil?s Dillon was born in 1920 in Galway, Ireland. Her family was involved in Irish revolutionary politics; her uncle Joseph Mary Plunkett was a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation and was executed after the Easter Rising....
 and Professor Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin. She was educated at University College Cork and The University of Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
. She lives in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 with her husband Macdara Woods
Macdara Woods

Macdara Woods is an Irish poetry born in Dublin....
 and their son Niall. She is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin where she is an associate professor of English Literature specialising in the Renaissance. She is a founder of the literary magazine Cyphers.

Publications


Poetry books

  • 1972: Acts and Monuments, Dublin: The Gallery Press
  • 1975: Site of Ambush, Dublin: The Gallery Press
  • 1977: The Second Voyage, Dublin: The Gallery Press; Winston Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press, 1977, 1991)
  • 1981: The Rose Geranium, Dublin: The Gallery Press
  • 1986: The Second Voyage, Dublin: The Gallery Press; Newcastle Upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books; Wake Forrest University Press, 1991
  • 1989: The Magdalene Sermon, shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus
    Aer Lingus

    Aer Lingus is the flag carrier airline of Republic of Ireland. Based at Dublin Airport, it operates 46 Airbus aircraft serving Europe, Africa and North America....
     Award, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press; Winston Salem, North Carolina: Wake Forest University Press, 1991
  • 1994: The Brazen Serpent, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press; Winston Salem, North Carolina: Wake Forest University Press, 1995
  • 2001: The Girl Who Married the Reindeer, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press; Winston Salem, North Carolina: Wake Forest University Press, 2002
  • 2008: Selected Poems Gallery Press, London: Oldcastle and Faber


Translations

  • 1999: The Water Horse: Poems in Irish by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
    Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

    Nuala N? Dhomhnaill is an Ireland poet.Born in Lancashire, England in 1952, of Irish parents, she moved to Ireland at the age of 5, and was brought up in the Dingle Gaeltacht and in Nenagh, County Tipperary....
     with Translations into English by Medbh McGuckian
    Medbh McGuckian

    Medbh McGuckian is a poet from Northern Ireland....
     and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin    , Oldcastle: The Gallery Press; Winston Salem, North Carolina: Wake Forest University Press, 2003
  • 2005: Verbale by Michele Ranchetti, translated by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and others, Dublin: Instituto Italiano di Cultura
  • 2005: After the Raising of Lazarus: Poems Translated from the Romanian by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poems by Ileana Malancioiu, Cork: Southword Editions


In addition to the above, Ní Chuilleanáin's poetry is widely anthologised. A list of her academic writing and of criticism written about her work can be found in Fogarty ed. (2007).

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