Diarmuid Johnson is a Welsh-Irish writer. He was born in Cardiff, brought up in Galway, and holds BA, MA and PhD degrees in Celtic Studies. He has published poetry and prose in Irish, Welsh and English. Johnson's literary activity extends to the field of translation, and he has authored or co-authored five works of Welsh literature in translation, two in Irish, one in English, one in French, and one in Romanian. He has also translated poetry from Romanian into English. Since 2004 Johnson has published a book a year on average. These include, most recently, 'Conaire Mór - Seacht nDoras na Cinniúna', a retelling of the Old Irish epic 'Togail Bruidne Da Derga', being one of a planned series with Leabhar Breac; 'Pen and Plough - 20th Century Poets and Bards of Ceredigion ; 'Rún na mBradán - Dánta Gaeilge 2005-2015. From 1989 to 1996, Diarmuid Johnson lectured in Celtic Studies in Britanny, Germany and Ireland. From 1996 until 2000, he worked as a journalist, scriptwriter and translator in Conamara. He was editor of Cuisle, a monthly journal in Irish, between 1999 and 2000, and was editor of the trilingual online literary journalTranscript from 2002-2004. He worked at the Mercator Centre for Minority Languages at The University of Aberystwyth from 2002-2006. The years 2007-2013 he spent lecturing in Poland and Germany. In 2014, he was bard in residence with Menter Rhos-y-Gilwen in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He now works as a freelance writer and musician, contributes to Raidió na Gaeltachta and teaches Irish in Ireland in the summer. He has two daughters, is married, and divides his time between Ireland, Wales, and Brittany. He also has close ties with Germany, principally in the Rheinland area, where he has been performing and teaching since 2011.
Books
Poetry
Rún na mBradán - Rogha Dánta Gaeilge 2005-2015Coiscéim 2016 The Birth of Trystan / Trystans Geburt,, Curach Bhán Verlag, Berlin 2014 An tÉan agus Dánta Eile / Der Vogel und andere Gedichte, Curach Bhán Verlag, Berlin 2013 Die Dämonen, Curach Bhán Verlag, Berlin, 2012 The Woods are Growing Younger / Pădurile întineresc,, Eikon, Cluj 2013 Another Language, Motivex, Poland 2009 Súil Saoir, Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2004
Prose
Conaire Mór - Seacht nDoras na Cinniúna - a retelling of the Old Irish Epic Togail Bruidne Da Derga, Leabhar Breac 2017 Pen and Plough - 20th Century Poets and Bards of Ceredigion, Carreg Gwalch 2016 Tro ar Fyd - Pobl Dwyrain Ewrop a'r Dwyrain Canol Rhwng Dau Chwyldro 1989-2012Y Lolfa 2014 Y Gwyddel - O Geredigion i GalwayGomer Press 2011 Defnyddio Agored - Meddalwedd swyddfa dwyieithog'' University of Wales, Aberystwyth 2006
Translations
Dafydd ap Gwilym, petite anthologie d'un grand poète WODAN, Amiens 1994 Coinnigh do Mhisneach Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2004 Sarah Eile, Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2005 Vatilan the Dish ThiefParthian Books 2009 Washing My Hair with Nettles Parthian Books 2015 Oh, Ridică Vălul Eikon 2014
