Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes (born 1985 in Galway ) is an Irish writer .
Life
After studying at Queen's University of Belfast , Hughes earned a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where he worked for Google . Her collection of poems, Gathering Evidence , published in 2014, won the Irish Times' Shine / Strong Award in 2015, after a selection had already received the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2012 . In 2018 she published her debut novel Orchid & the Wasp (German: Orchidee & Wespe). Orchid & the Wasp was nominated for the Hearst Big Book Award 2019. In 2019 Hughes was awarded the Collyer Bristow Prize.
Works
- Gathering Evidence. Carcanet Press, Manchester 2014, ISBN 978-1-84777-262-6 .
- Orchid And The Wasp. Oneworld Publications / Hogarth Press, London 2018, ISBN 978-1-78607-499-7 .
- The Wild Laughter. Novel. Oneworld Publications, London 2020, ISBN 978-1-78607-780-6 .
German editions
- Orchid & Wasp . Translated from the English by Sarah Hickey and Hans-Christian Oeser . Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95829-646-6 .
Web links
- Caoilinn Hughes on the Steidl Verlag website
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/debut-novelist-caoilinn-hughes-comes-first-and-third-in-the-moth-short-story-prize-1.3617998
- ↑ https://steidl.de/Kuenstler/Caoilinn-Hughes-0021242942.html
- ↑ Big Book Awards 2019 shortlist reveals the hottest reads of the summer .
- ↑ https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/news-collyer-bristow-prize-caoilinn-hughes-wins-for-orchid-the-wasp/
- ↑ 'Orchid and the Wasp' by Caoilinn Hughes: This year's 'Conversations with Friends' .
- ↑ The New Yorker Recommends: "Orchid and the Wasp," a Winning Debut Novel .
- ↑ In 'Orchid And The Wasp,' An Unapologetic Heroine Who's No Gentle Flower .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hughes, Caoilinn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galway , Ireland |