Vona Groarke facts for kids
Vona Groarke is a well-known Irish poet. She writes amazing poems and books. She has published many books, including eight collections of her poetry. She also translated old Irish poems into English.
One of her special books is called Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O'Hara. It tells the story of Irish women who moved to New York in the late 1800s. They worked as domestic servants, which means they worked in people's homes. This book is unique because it mixes poetry, stories, history, and pictures. Vona Groarke wrote it after spending time at the New York Public Library.
Vona Groarke has also helped other writers. She used to be an editor for Poetry Ireland Review, a magazine about poetry. She has also been a judge for important poetry awards, like the Forward Prizes. She has taught writing at universities in places like Villanova, Wake Forest, and the University of Manchester. In 2010, she became a member of Aosdána, which is a special group for artists in Ireland. She is currently the Poet in Residence with the Yeats Society in Sligo and a Writer in Residence at St John's College, Cambridge.
Awards and Special Mentions
Vona Groarke's work has won many awards. These include the Brendan Behan Memorial Award and the Strokestown International Poetry Award. Several of her poetry books, like Spindrift, X, and Double Negative, were nominated for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award. Her book Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O'Hara was also nominated for a prize in 2023.
Her Books
Vona Groarke has written many books of poetry and other works. Here are some of them:
- 1994: Shale
- 1999: Other People's Houses
- 2002: Flight
- 2006: Juniper Street
- 2008: Lament for Art O'Leary (a translation of an old Irish poem)
- 2009: Spindrift
- 2014: X
- 2016: Selected Poems (this book won the Pigott Prize for Best Irish Poetry Collection!)
- 2016: Four Sides Full (an essay about art frames)
- 2019: Double Negative
- 2021: Link : Poet and World
- 2022: Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O'Hara (a unique book about Irish immigrants)
- 2023: Woman of Winter (another translation of an old Irish poem)
Find Out More
You can learn more about Vona Groarke and her work here:
- Vona Groarke's Official Website: https://vonagroarke.com
- Vona Groarke at The Gallery Press
- Hereafter at NYU Press
