Biddy Jenkinson


Biddy Jenkinson is an Irish poet, short story writer and dramatist who writes in the Irish language. She was born in 1949 in Dublin and attended University College Cork. She has published several collections of verse, two collections of short stories and two plays.
It has been said of Jenkinson that she seeks to recreate a sense of the sacral world of nature and women’s role in sustaining it. She has a deep interest in literary tradition. Her chosen creative language is Irish and she has expressed her opposition to ‘the insistence that everything written in Irish be translated immediately into English’. Her work has been praised for its passion, humour and variety.
She was editor of Éigse Éireann/Poetry Ireland Review from 2000 to 2001.

Published work

Poetry

Sceilg na Scál
TáinRith
Oíche Bhealtaine
Mis
Rogha dánta ed. Siobhán Ní Fhoghlú and Seán Ó Tuama
Amhras Neimhe
Dán na hUidhre
Uiscí Beatha
Baisteadh Gintlí

Short Stories

Duinnín - Bleachtaire - Ar An Sceilg
An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín - Bleachtaire
An Grá Riabhach - Gáirscéalta

Plays

Mise, Subhó agus Maccó
Oh, Rahjerum!

Books for Children

An Bhanríon Bess agus Gusaí Gaimbín, i bpáirt le Ribó
Mo Scéal Féin xx Púca, maisithe ag Ribó