Lies Paperback – 1 Oct 2018

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Review ------ “[Ní Ghríofa] achieves the feat of making us look again at the usual and illuminating its pulsating strangeness. She is a brilliant addition to the distinguished succession of bilingual poets writing in Irish and English.” — Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Ireland Professor of Poetry “The dual language approach of Ní Ghríofa sets her apart … Be it in Irish or in English, the vitality and force of Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s powerful poetic voice ensure that her poetry will endure.” — Clíona Ní Ríordáin, Universitéde la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris About the Author ---------------- Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual writer. Born in Galway in 1981, she grew up in Co. Clare and now lives in Cork. Among her awards are the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, a Seamus Heaney Fellowship, the Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary, the Michael Hartnett Award and, most recently, the Ostana Prize (Italy). Dedalus Press published her first English-language collection, Clasp, in 2015. Lies draws on poems from her three Irish-language collections to date, Résheoid (2011) and Dúlasair (2012) and Oighear (2017), all published by Coiscéim.