Nuala Ní Chonchúir

Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Born (1970-01-14) 14 January 1970
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationsNovelist, short story writer, poet
Writing career
Pen nameNuala O'Connor
GenreLiterary fiction
Websitewww.nualaoconnor.com

Nuala Ní Chonchúir (born 14 January 1970) is an Irish fiction writer and poet.

Personal life

Born in Dublin in 1970, Ní Chonchúir currently resides in County Galway. She holds a BA in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Translation Studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University. She has worked as a theatre and writers' centre arts administrator, translator, bookseller and also in a university library. Ní Chonchúirteaches creative writing on a part-time basis.[1]

In 2009, Ní Chonchúir was featured in The Irish Times' "People to Watch in the Year Ahead".[2]

Career

Ní Chonchúir has published five novels, four collections of short fiction and three poetry collections - one in an anthology. Her short story "The Wind Across the Grass" won the RTÉ Francis MacManus Award in 2002. She collaborated with writers Deirdre Brennan and Máighréad Medbh on the volume of poetry, Divas! (2003).[3]

Her third short story collection, Nude, was published in 2009 by Salt Publishing.[4] She was also writer in residence that year for the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.[5] In November, her poetry pamphlet Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car was published by Templar Poetry.[6]

In 2010, her first novel You was published by New island books.[7] Her poetry collection The Juno Charm was published by Salmon Poetry the following November.[8]

Her fourth short story collection, Mother America, was published in June 2012 by New Island Books.[9] The story "Peach", from the collection, was published in Prairie Schooner's Winter 2011 issue and was nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize.[10] She also wrote an essay for the Wales Arts Review's Bloomsday edition.[11]

In September 2013, Tower Press (USA) published Of Dublin and Other Fictions, a chapbook collection of Ní Chonchúir's flash fiction.[12] Her second novel, Closet of Savage Mementos was shortlisted for The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2015.[13]

In October 2014, she was nominated for the Laureate for Irish Fiction.[14]

Nuala's third novel, Miss Emily, was published by Penguin USA and Penguin Canada in July 2015, and by Sandstone Press in August of the same year. It was shortlisted for the Eason Book Club novel of the Year 2015[15] and was nominated for the 2017 Dublin International Literary Award.[16]

Seaborne was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2025.[17]

Reception

Selected reviews include:

"… one of Ireland's most unusual and creative minds; [her fiction is] dressed in modernity, a ritual playing of the bones of Irish storytelling." - Irish Examiner, 2009[18]

"...The novel flows beautifully and is understated in tone... This gem is sure to win her further acclaim. Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a writer to watch." - Sue Leonard, Irish Examiner, 2010[19]

Bibliography

Novel

Year Title As Publisher ISBN
2010 You Nuala Ní Chonchúir New Island 978-1-84840-063-4
2014 The Closet of Savage Mementos Nuala Ní Chonchúir New Island 978-1-84840-336-9
2015 Miss Emily Nuala O'Connor Penguin, Sandstone 978-0-14312-675-1
2018 Becoming Belle Nuala O'Connor Penguin, Putnam, Piatkus 978-0-73521-440-8
2021 NORA Nuala O'Connor Harper Perennial, New Island 978-1-84840-789-3
2024 Seaborne Nuala O'Connor New Island 978-1-84840-892-0

Short story collections

Year Title As Publisher ISBN Notes
2004 The Wind Across the Grass Nuala Ní Chonchúir Arlen House 1-903631-46-7
2005 To The World of Men, Welcome Nuala Ní Chonchúir Arlen House 1-903631-51-3
2009 nude Nuala Ní Chonchúir Salt 978-1-84471-642-5
2012 Mother America Nuala Ní Chonchúir New Island 978-1-84840-159-4
2013 Of Dublin and Other Fictions Nuala Ní Chonchúir Tower Press 978-0-9898572-0-8 Flash Fiction, Chapbook
2017 Joyride to Jupiter Nuala Ní Chonchúir New Island 978-1-84840-615-5
2020 Birdie Nuala O'Connor Arlen House 978-1-85132-262-6 Flash Fiction
2022 A Little Unsteadily Into Light Nuala O'Connor New Island Books 978-1-84840-861-6

Poetry collections

Year Title As Publisher ISBN Notes
2003 Molly's Daughter Nuala Ní Chonchúir Arlen House 1-903631-40-8 From Divas: New Irish women's writing
2007 Tattoo:Tatú Nuala Ní Chonchúir Arlen House 978-1-903631-60-7
2009 Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car Nuala Ní Chonchúir Templar Poetry 978-1-906285-10-4
2011 The Juno Charm Nuala Ní Chonchúir Salmon Poetry 978-1-907056-64-2

References

  1. ↑ "Nuala O'Connor". nualaoconnor.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "The people to watch in the year ahead". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Carlow poet launches new book at festival". The Nationalist. 13 June 2003. p. 135.
  4. ↑ "Nude (Saltpublishing.com)". Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cúirt Cúirt International Festival of Literature (Programme)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car (Templarpoetry.co.uk)
  7. ↑ "You (New Island.ie)". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  8. ↑ The Juno Charm (salmonpoetry.com)
  9. ↑ "Mother America (New Island Books)". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Prairie Schooner Winter 2011
  11. ↑ "Bloomsday, Joyce and Two Muses". Wales Arts Review. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. ↑ Of Dublin and Other Fictions (Tower Press)
  13. ↑ The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2015
  14. ↑ The Arts Council list of nominees for the Laureate for Irish Fiction.
  15. ↑ Eason Book Club Novel of the Year 2015
  16. ↑ [Dublin International Literary Award 2017
  17. ↑ IGO (14 January 2025). "Seaborne". Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "The people to watch in the year ahead". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  19. ↑ Sue Leonard (15 May 2010). "Irish Examiner Opinion - You". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
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