Ailbhe Darcy

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Ailbhe Darcy
Born
Ailbhe Darcy

1981
NationalityIrish
Alma mater University College Dublin
Notable work
  • Insistence (2018)
Awards

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

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Career

Ailbhe Darcy was born in 1981 and grew up in Dublin. [1] In 2015, she was awarded an MFA and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. [2] Darcy now lives in Cardiff. She won the Wales Book of the Year award [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 Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University. [8]

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Poetry

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References

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