Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual Irish writer exploring connections between past and present.
A Ghost in the Throat won numerous prestigious awards including the James Tait Black Prize and Irish Book of the Year, becoming a New York Times Notable Book.
Written atop a Dublin car park, it has been translated into fifteen languages.
Ní Ghríofa has published six acclaimed poetry collections examining birth, death, desire, and domesticity.
Her honors include a Lannan Literary Fellowship, Ostana Prize, Seamus Heaney Fellowship, and Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, establishing her as a significant voice in contemporary Irish literature.
