Éilís Ní Dhuibhne


Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, also known as Eilis Almquist and Elizabeth O'Hara, is an Irish novelist and short story writer who writes both in Irish and English. She has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and is a recipient of the Irish PEN Award.

Biography

Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin in 1954. She attended University College Dublin, where she studied Pure English, then Folklore. She was awarded the UCD Entrance scholarship for English, and two post graduate scholarships in Folklore. In 1978-9 she studied at the University of Copenhagen, and in 1982 was awarded a PhD from the National University of Ireland. She has worked in the Department of Irish Folklore in UCD, and for many years as a curator in the National Library of Ireland. Also a teacher of Creative Writing, she has been Writer Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin and is currently Writer Fellow at UCD. She is a member of Aosdána, an ambassador for the Irish Writers' Centre, and President of the Folklore of Ireland Society.
Ní Dhuibhne was married to the Swedish folklorist Bo Almqvist and has two children: Ragnar and Olaf.
Further information on Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's work may be found in Rebecca Pelan, ed, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: Perspectives. Galway, Arlen House, 2009.

Awards

;Novels in English
;Novels in Irish
;Collections
;Children's Books
;Plays
Produced by Amharclann de hÍde and first performed at the Peacock, Dublin, 1995;
Produced by Amharclann de hÍde and first performed at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, in 1996;
Produced by the Abbey and performed at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin, in 1998.
Memoirs