Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
| Éilís Ní Dhuibhne | |
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| Born |
22 February 1954 Dublin, Ireland |
| Pen name | Eilis Almquist Elizabeth O'Hara |
| Occupation | Writer, Academic |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater |
University College Dublin (UCD) University of Copenhagen |
| Genre | Novel, Play, Short Story |
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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (pronounced [ˈeː.lʲiːʃ nʲiː ˈɣɪvʲ.nʲə]; born 22 February 1954), 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.
Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin in 1954. She attended University College Dublin (UCD), 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 (NUI). 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.
Ní Dhuibhne was married to the Swedish folklorist Bo Almqvist (died 2013) and has three children: Marja, 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.
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