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Rody Gorman is Aonghas MacNeacail, 31.03.2011
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An tEagrán Gaeilge / The Irish Issue
LAUNCH READING
6.30 pm, Thursday, 31 March 2011
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close
Canongate, Edinburgh
LAUNCH READING
6.30 pm, Thursday, 31 March 2011
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close
Canongate, Edinburgh
Às-earrann:
Highly distinguished Gaelic poets Rody Gorman & Aonghas MacNeacail will read from their work in bilingual format to mark the publication of the new Irish-language issue of Irish Pages / Duillí Éireann.
Rody Gorman, born in Dublin in 1960, writes in both Scottish and Irish Gaelic. He has published twelve poetry collections, the most recent of which are On the Underground / Air a' Charbad fo Thalamh (Polygon, 2000) and Naomhóga na Laoi (Coiscéim, 2003). His selected poems in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Chernilo,were published by Coiscéim in 2006. Also an accomplished translator of many eminent poets into Gaelic and English, he has worked as Convenor of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of Scottish PEN and as Specialist Adviser for the Scottish Arts Council, and as songwriter, lecturer, creative writing tutor and adjudicator of literary competitions. In 2010, poems of his won the Scottish Gaelic prize in both the Wigtown and Strokestown Poetry Competitions.
Aonghas MacNeacail, poet and songwriter, was born in Uig, on the Isle of Skye.He is also a broadcaster, journalist, scriptwriter, librettist and translator. A native Gael, he writes in Gaelic and English. His collections of poetry have been published in both languages, and his writing has appeared in literary journals all over the world. MacNeacail won the prestigious Scottish Writer of the Year Stakis Prize with his third collection, Oideachadh Ceart ('A Proper Schooling and other poems'), in 1997, and was winner of the 2006 Wigtown Poetry Competition Gaelic Prize. His work has been published in many languages, including German, I talian, Irish Gaelic, French, Hebrew, Finnish, and Serbo-Croat.
Rody Gorman, born in Dublin in 1960, writes in both Scottish and Irish Gaelic. He has published twelve poetry collections, the most recent of which are On the Underground / Air a' Charbad fo Thalamh (Polygon, 2000) and Naomhóga na Laoi (Coiscéim, 2003). His selected poems in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Chernilo,were published by Coiscéim in 2006. Also an accomplished translator of many eminent poets into Gaelic and English, he has worked as Convenor of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of Scottish PEN and as Specialist Adviser for the Scottish Arts Council, and as songwriter, lecturer, creative writing tutor and adjudicator of literary competitions. In 2010, poems of his won the Scottish Gaelic prize in both the Wigtown and Strokestown Poetry Competitions.
Aonghas MacNeacail, poet and songwriter, was born in Uig, on the Isle of Skye.He is also a broadcaster, journalist, scriptwriter, librettist and translator. A native Gael, he writes in Gaelic and English. His collections of poetry have been published in both languages, and his writing has appeared in literary journals all over the world. MacNeacail won the prestigious Scottish Writer of the Year Stakis Prize with his third collection, Oideachadh Ceart ('A Proper Schooling and other poems'), in 1997, and was winner of the 2006 Wigtown Poetry Competition Gaelic Prize. His work has been published in many languages, including German, I talian, Irish Gaelic, French, Hebrew, Finnish, and Serbo-Croat.