Ailbhe Darcy

Ailbhe Darcy (born 1981) is an Irish poet and Wales Book of the Year award laureate.

Ailbhe Darcy
Born	Ailbhe Darcy 1981 (age 42–43) Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater	University College Dublin University of Notre Dame
Notable work	Insistence (2018)
Awards	Wales Book of the Year (2019)

Career

Ailbhe Darcy was born in 1981 and grew up in Dublin, Ireland.^[1] In 2015, she was awarded an MFA and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame.^[2] She won the 2019 Wales Book of the Year^[3][4] and the Pigott Poetry Prize at the 2019 Listowel Writers' Week with her collection Insistence,^[5] which was also shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize^[6] and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award.^[7]

Darcy is a Reader in Creative Writing at Cardiff University.^[8]

Personal life

Darcy now lives in Cardiff.

Bibliography

Poetry

• —— (2011). Imaginary Menagerie. Bloodaxe. ISBN 9781852249014.
• ——; Fowler, SJ (2017). Subcritical Tests. Gorse Editions. ISBN 9780992804787.
• —— (2018). Insistence. Bloodaxe. ISBN 9781780370781.

References

1. Rumens, Carol (24 September 2012). "Poem of the week: Silt Whisper by Ailbhe Darcy". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
2. "Poetry Programme preview: TS Eliot Prize nominee Ailbhe Darcy". RTÉ.ie. 13 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
3. "Wales Book of the Year 2019: Poet Ailbhe Darcy wins award". BBC News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
4. Katie Mansfield (20 June 2019). "Poet triumphs at Wales Book of the Year Awards". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
5. Doyle, Martin (29 May 2019). "€15,000 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year winner revealed". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
6. Flood, Alison (18 October 2018). "TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
7. Smyth, Gerard (2 February 2019). "Six named on 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award shortlist". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
8. Higgins, Kevin (11 April 2019). "Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish poet of her generation?". Galway Advertiser. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019.