Résheoid

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

RÉSHEOID (Coiscéim) is ainm don chéad chnuasach filíochta le file óg as an Chlár, Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Tá sí díreach i ndiaidh Máistreacht sa Nua-Ghaeilge a chríochnú ar ollscoil Chorcaí agus Alan Titley ollamh ansin agus colúnaí anseo a scríobh blurba don leabhar. Deir sé go bhfuil "idir iontas agus dhraíocht agus sceimhle" sna dánta agus gur filíocht atá ann atá "simplí coséadrom ach tá pléascadh laistiar díobh a éilíonn iad a léamh go mall chun a mblaiseadh go hiomlán".

76 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a ​bilingual ​writer​,​ devoted to exploring how the past makes itself felt within the present. ‘​​A Ghost in the Throat’ finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder. Written on the roof of a multi-storey car park in Ireland, it went on to be described as “powerful” (New York Times), “captivatingly original” (The Guardian), and a “masterpiece” (Sunday Business Post). ​'A Ghost in the Throat’ won the James Tait Black Prize and was voted overall Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, while the US edition was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book of 2021. It is to appear in 15 further languages worldwide.
Doireann is also the author of six critically-acclaimed books of poetry, each a deepening exploration of birth, death, desire, and domesticity. Awards for her writing include a Lannan Literary Fellowship (USA), the Ostana Prize (Italy), the James Tait Black Prize (Scotland), a Seamus Heaney Fellowship, and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature​, among others.