Sinéad Morrissey facts for kids
Sinéad Morrissey (born on April 24, 1972, in Portadown, County Armagh) is a famous poet from Northern Ireland. She writes amazing poems! In 2014, she won the important T. S. Eliot Prize for her book of poems called Parallax. Later, in 2017, she also won the Forward Prize for Poetry for her book On Balance.
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About Sinéad Morrissey's Life
Sinéad grew up in Belfast, a city in Northern Ireland. She went to Trinity College, Dublin, where she earned her university degrees. After living in places like Japan and New Zealand for a while, she now lives in Newcastle, England.
She used to work at Queen's University, Belfast. There, she was a writer-in-residence and later became a Professor of Creative Writing. She also helped lead the Seamus Heaney Centre, which is a place for writers. In 2016, she started teaching Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle. Sinéad Morrissey has two children.
Exploring Sinéad Morrissey's Poetry Books
Sinéad Morrissey has written and published six collections of poetry. A "collection" is like a book filled with many poems. Her first book was There Was Fire in Vancouver (1996).
Some of her other well-known books include Between Here and There (2001), The State of the Prisons (2005), and Through the Square Window (2009). These three books were all considered for the T. S. Eliot Prize, which is a very big award for poetry.
In 2013, she released Parallax, which was her fifth collection. Her sixth book, On Balance, came out in 2017. This book won the Forward Prize for Poetry, another major award.
Awards and Recognitions for Her Work
Sinéad Morrissey has won many awards for her poetry, showing how talented she is.
- In 1990, she won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.
- Her book The State of the Prisons was a finalist for the Poetry Now Award in 2006. This same book also won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize in 2005.
- In 2007, she received a special award called the Lannan Foundation Fellowship. This award is given to writers who show great talent and promise for future work.
- Her poem "Through the Square Window" won first place in the 2007 British National Poetry Competition.
- The collection Through the Square Window won the Poetry Now Award in 2010.
In January 2014, Sinéad Morrissey won the famous T.S. Eliot Prize for her book Parallax. The head judge, Ian Duhig, said that her book was "politically, historically and personally ambitious." He also mentioned that it was written in "beautifully turned language."
In September 2017, her sixth book, On Balance, won the Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection. In 2019, she also contributed to a book called A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West.
See also
- List of Northern Irish writers
