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Enda Wyley
Irish writer, poet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Enda Wyley is an Irish writer of poetry and children's literature.
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Life
Enda Wyley was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1966 and lives in Dublin.
She was awarded a B.Ed. by the Marino Institute of Education, Dublin and then worked for twenty years as a primary school teacher.[1][2]
She obtained an M.A in creative writing from Lancaster University.[3]
She is married to Peter Sirr who is also a poet and they have one daughter.[4]
Work
She writes poetry and children's literature.
She has been the Poet-at-Work in the Coombe Maternity Hospital, Dublin and Writer in Residence at the Marino Institute.[5]
Works
Poetry
- Eating Baby Jesus (Dedalus Press, 1993)
- Socrates in the Garden (Dedalus Press, 1998)
- Poems for Breakfast (Dedalus Press, 2004)
- To Wake to This (Dedalus Press, 2009)
- Borrowed Space, New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press, 2014)
- The Painter on his Bike (Dedalus Press, 2019).
Children's literature
- Boo and Bear (O'Brien Press, 2003)
- The Silver Notebook (O'Brien Press, 2007)
- I Won’t Go to China! (O'Brien Press, 2009)[6]
Awards
- 2015 - Member, Aosdána -
- 2013 - Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship for her poetry
- 2011 - Reading Association of Ireland Special Merit Award
- 1996 - Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
See also
References
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