It's such a deep joy to be awarded this prize. The winning biography, A Ghost in the Throat, published by Tramp Press, is the writer’s prose debut.īiography Judge Dr Simon Cooke, of the University of Edinburgh, called The Ghost in the Throat “a work of great and searching depth and generosity, as involving as it is luminous, that weaves poetry, memoir, biography and translation into a powerful celebration of female texts and a profound exploration of the way the voice and life of one poet echoes in the life and voice of another.” Acclaimed writerĪward-winning poet and essayist Doireann Ní Ghríofa has published several acclaimed works of poetry in both Irish and English, including Clasp, Oighear, and Lies. The winners of the £10,000 prizes were announced by author and broadcaster Sally Magnusson at a pre-recorded event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival - taking place in its new home at the University’s Edinburgh College of Art.ĭoireann Ní Ghríofa’s winning book in the biography prize, A Ghost in the Throat, combines memoir with a mesmerizing exploration of the life of 18th-century poet, Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill.
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