Caoilinn Hughes
Irish novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Irish novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist, and short story writer.
Caoilinn Hughes | |
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Hughes in August 2019 | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Queen's University of Belfast, Victoria University of Wellington |
| Notable works | Gathering Evidence (2014); Orchid And The Wasp (2018); The Wild Laughter (2020) |
She was the 2021 Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.[1]
She holds BA and MA degrees from Queen's University of Belfast, and a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.[2]
Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence (Carcanet Press, 2014),[3] won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award in 2015. She was a James Merrill House Fellow in Stonington, CT in 2016.
Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp (Oneworld / Hogarth Press, 2018),[4] won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize,[5] was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award[6] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award[7] and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020.[8] In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize for her story "Psychobabble".[9][10] In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story "Prime".[11] She won the An Post Irish Book Awards' writing.ie Story of the Year 2020.[12]
Her second novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld, 2020),[13] won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award 2021,[14][15] and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020,[16] the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award,[17] the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer),[18] and was longlisted for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize.[19]
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