Diarmuid Ó Gráinne | |
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Born | 10 May 1950 Aill an Phréacháin, Na Forbacha, County Galway, Ireland |
Died | 28 August 2013 Renmore, Galway, County Galway, Ireland |
(aged 63)
Occupation | Writer, journalist, farmer, teacher |
Nationality | Irish |
Genre | Fiction, poetry, philosophy, criticism, translation |
Subject | modern Irish prose |
Notable works | An Traimp, Muintir na Coille |
Spouse | Caitlín Ní Shíthigh |
Diarmuid Ó Gráinne (10 May 1950 – 28 August 2013) was an Irish-language writer and journalist from the County Galway Gaeltacht. He wrote for the newspaper, Lá and featured on Raidió na Gaeltachta. He released a number of books, perhaps best known works are his semi-autobiographical novel writings An Traimp and Muintir na Coille.
Ó Gráinne was strongly influenced by his fellow Connemara-man, Máirtín Ó Cadhain whose death he felt left a hole in the leadership of the Irish-language movement. Ó Gráinne also took an interest in some Continental European authors, translating writings by or autobiographies about Karl Marx, Albert Camus and Freidrich Nietzsche into Irish.