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Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970) is an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 writer and poet.

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Born 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....
 in 1970, Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a full-time fiction
Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
 writer
Writer

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 and poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
, living in County Galway
County Galway

County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....
. She has published two collections of short fiction and two poetry collections - one in an anthology. Nuala holds a BA in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Translation Studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University
Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Ballymun and Whitehall, Dublin on the Northside of Dublin in Republic of Ireland....
. She has worked as an arts administrator in theatre and in a writers' centre; as a translator, as a bookseller and also in a university library.






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Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 1970) is an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 writer and poet.

Biography


Born 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....
 in 1970, Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a full-time fiction
Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
 writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
, living in County Galway
County Galway

County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....
. She has published two collections of short fiction and two poetry collections - one in an anthology. Nuala holds a BA in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Translation Studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University
Dublin City University

Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Ballymun and Whitehall, Dublin on the Northside of Dublin in Republic of Ireland....
. She has worked as an arts administrator in theatre and in a writers' centre; as a translator, as a bookseller and also in a university library. Nuala teaches creative writing on a part-time basis.

Nuala was featured in The Irish Times 'Peaple to watch in the year ahead' on Saturday 3rd 2009.

Her third short story collect, Nude will be Published in Autumn 2009 by Salt Publishing
Salt Publishing

Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia....
.

‘… one of Ireland's most unusual and creative minds; [her fiction is] dressed in modernity, a ritual playing of the bones of Irish storytelling.'

‘Look for some big things to come from Galway's Ní Chonchúir. She has such a diversity of work and can say so much in just a few words that it's obvious she's also an award-winning poet. Her stories are filled with very astute observations, some humorous, some sad.'

Bibliography


Short story collections

  • The Wind Across the Grass (2004), ISBN 1-903631-46-7
  • To The World of Men, Welcome (2005), ISBN 1-903631-51-3

Poetry collections

  • Molly's Daughter (From Divas:new irish women's writing) (2003), ISBN 1-903631-40-8
  • Tattoo:Tatú (2007), ISBN 978-1-903631-60-7


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