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]'''Vona Groarke''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[poet]]. Groarke was born in [[Edgeworthstown]] in the Irish midlands in 1964,<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qZ6W1LiIyYYC&pg=PA1404&lpg=PA1404&dq=%22Vona+Groarke%22+Edgeworthstown&source=bl&ots=Fx0nqGwr3A&sig=RCZ3roygEUJUzmcuV-msEpFibYE&hl=en&ei=lNdvS6fwDKj20wSuz9TZBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Vona%20Groarke%22%20Edgeworthstown&f=false |first=Angela |last=Bourke |page=1404 |title=The Field day anthology of Irish writing |publisher=NYU Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-8147-9907-8 }}</ref> and attended [[Trinity College, Dublin]], and [[University College, Cork]].<ref name="manc"/> She has published five collections of poetry with the Gallery Press (and by [[Wake Forest University Press]] in the United States): ''Shale'' (1994), ''Other People's Houses'' (1999), ''Flight'' (2002), ''Juniper Street'' (2006) and ''Spindrift'' (2009).<ref name="times"/> She is also the author of a translation of the eighteenth-century Irish poem ''Lament for Art O'Leary'' ([[Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire]]) (Gallery Books, 2008).<ref name="gallery">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gallerypress.com/Authors/Vgroarke/Books/vglfaol.html |title=Titles - Vona Groarke - Lament for Art O'Leary |publisher=Gallery Books official website}}</ref>

'''Vona Groarke''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[poet]].

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Groarke was born in [[Edgeworthstown]] in the Irish midlands in 1964,<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qZ6W1LiIyYYC&pg=PA1404&lpg=PA1404&dq=%22Vona+Groarke%22+Edgeworthstown&source=bl&ots=Fx0nqGwr3A&sig=RCZ3roygEUJUzmcuV-msEpFibYE&hl=en&ei=lNdvS6fwDKj20wSuz9TZBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Vona%20Groarke%22%20Edgeworthstown&f=false |first=Angela |last=Bourke |page=1404 |title=The Field day anthology of Irish writing |publisher=NYU Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-8147-9907-8 }}</ref> and attended [[Trinity College, Dublin]], and [[University College, Cork]].<ref name="manc"/> She has published five collections of poetry with the Gallery Press (and by [[Wake Forest University Press]] in the United States): ''Shale'' (1994), ''Other People's Houses'' (1999), ''Flight'' (2002), ''Juniper Street'' (2006) and ''Spindrift'' (2009).<ref name="times"/> She is also the author of a translation of the eighteenth-century Irish poem ''Lament for Art O'Leary'' ([[Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire]]) (Gallery Books, 2008).<ref name="gallery">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gallerypress.com/Authors/Vgroarke/Books/vglfaol.html |title=Titles - Vona Groarke - Lament for Art O'Leary |publisher=Gallery Books official website}}</ref>


Her work has been recognized with awards including the [[Brendan Behan]] Memorial Award,<ref name="manc2">{{Cite web |url=http://publications.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/SchProfile.aspx?strLocalStaffID=5314&strLocalSource=SSL&strSchoolID=AHC&strUnitID=ENG_AMER |title=Publications: Vona Groarke |publisher=University of Manchester official website }}</ref> the Hennessy Award,<ref name="manc2"/> the Michael Hartnett Award,<ref name="manc"/> the Forward Prize,<ref name="manc"/> and the [[Strokestown]] International Poetry Award.<ref name="manc2"/> Her 2009 volume ''Spindrift'' has been nominated for the 2010 [[Irish Times Poetry Now Award]].<ref name="times">{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0130/1224263405165.html |date=30 January 2010 |publisher=The Irish Times |title=Poetry award shortlist announced }}</ref>
Her work has been recognized with awards including the [[Brendan Behan]] Memorial Award,<ref name="manc2">{{Cite web |url=http://publications.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/SchProfile.aspx?strLocalStaffID=5314&strLocalSource=SSL&strSchoolID=AHC&strUnitID=ENG_AMER |title=Publications: Vona Groarke |publisher=University of Manchester official website }}</ref> the Hennessy Award,<ref name="manc2"/> the Michael Hartnett Award,<ref name="manc"/> the Forward Prize,<ref name="manc"/> and the [[Strokestown]] International Poetry Award.<ref name="manc2"/> Her 2009 volume ''Spindrift'' has been nominated for the 2010 [[Irish Times Poetry Now Award]].<ref name="times">{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0130/1224263405165.html |date=30 January 2010 |publisher=The Irish Times |title=Poetry award shortlist announced }}</ref>

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]Vona Groarke is an Irish poet. Groarke was born in Edgeworthstown in the Irish midlands in 1964,[1] and attended Trinity College, Dublin, and University College, Cork.[2] She has published five collections of poetry with the Gallery Press (and by Wake Forest University Press in the United States): Shale (1994), Other People's Houses (1999), Flight (2002), Juniper Street (2006) and Spindrift (2009).[3] She is also the author of a translation of the eighteenth-century Irish poem Lament for Art O'Leary (Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire) (Gallery Books, 2008).[4]

Her work has been recognized with awards including the Brendan Behan Memorial Award,[5] the Hennessy Award,[5] the Michael Hartnett Award,[2] the Forward Prize,[2] and the Strokestown International Poetry Award.[5] Her 2009 volume Spindrift has been nominated for the 2010 Irish Times Poetry Now Award.[3]

She has been a co-holder of the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University and has taught at Wake Forest University in North Carolina; she now teaches at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester,[2] and in 2010 was elected a member of Aosdána, the Irish academy of the arts.

Books

  • 1994: Shale, The Gallery Press, Oldcastle
  • 1999: Other People’s Houses, The Gallery Press, Oldcastle
  • 2002: Flight, The Gallery Press, Oldcastle
  • 2004: Flight and Earlier Poems, Wake Forest University Press, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
  • 2006: Juniper Street, The Gallery Press, Oldcastle; Wake Forest University Press, Winston-Salem, NC
  • 2009: Spindrift, The Gallery Press, Oldcastle; Wake Forest University Press, Winston-Salem, NC,2010

References

  1. ^ Bourke, Angela (2002). The Field day anthology of Irish writing. NYU Press. p. 1404. ISBN 0-8147-9907-8.
  2. ^ a b c d "Vona Groarke". University of Manchester.
  3. ^ a b "Poetry award shortlist announced". The Irish Times. 30 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Publications: Vona Groarke". University of Manchester official website.

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