Nuala Ní Chonchúir
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Nuala Ní Chonchúir
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14 January 1970 Dublin, Ireland |
| Pen name | Nuala O'Connor |
| Occupation | Novelist, Short story writer, Poet |
| Genre | Literary fiction, |
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Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 14 January 1970) is an Irish writer and poet.
Born in Dublin in 1970, Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a full-time fiction writer and poet, living in County Galway. She has published one novel, four collections of short fiction and three poetry collections - one in an anthology. Nuala holds a BA in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Translation Studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University. She has worked as an arts administrator in theatre and in a writers' centre; as a translator, as a bookseller and also in a university library. Nuala teaches creative writing on a part-time basis.
Her short story "The Wind Across the Grass" (the title story from her 2004 collection) won the RTÉ Francis MacManus Award in 2002.
Nuala was featured in The Irish Times 'People to watch in the year ahead' on Saturday 3 January 2009.
She was writer in residence for the 2009 Cúirt International Festival of Literature.
Her third short story collect, Nude was Published in Autumn 2009 by Salt Publishing.
In November 2009 her poetry pamphlet Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car was published by Templar Poetry.
2010 saw the publication of her first novel - You was published in April by New island books.
Her poetry collection The Juno Charm was published by Salmon Poetry in November 2011.
Her fourth short story collection Mother America was published in June 2012 by New island books. The story "Peach", from the collection, was published in Prairie Schooner Winter 2011 issue and has been nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize.
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