Simon OÌ FaolaÌin
Rugadh Simon i mBaile AÌtha Cliath, agus thaÌinig chun coÌnaithe in Iarthar Dhuibhneach nuair a bhiÌ seÌ seacht mbliana d’aois. Oileadh eÌ mar sheandaÌlaiÌ agus chaith seÌ treÌimhsiÌ ag obair san earnaÌil phriÌobhaÌideach mar stiuÌrthoÌir tochailte agus i gcuÌrsaiÌ acaduÌla sa LeÌann Ceilteach. Tar eÌis treÌimhsiÌ sa Ghaillimh, sa Bhreatain Bheag, ar OileaÌn Acla agus i gCorcaigh, d'fhill seÌ ar Chorca Dhuibhne in 2007. Bhuaigh a cheÌad chnuasach filiÌochta, Anam Mhadra (CoisceÌim, 2008) Duais Glen Dimplex na Gaeilge agus Duais Eithne agus Rupert Strong. TaÌ Duais Cholmcille agus Duais Fhoras na Gaeilge araon buaite aige feÌ dhoÌ. Bhuaigh seÌ Duais BhaiteÌar UiÌ MhaiciÌn 2010 oÌ Thaibhdhearc na Gaillimhe daÌ cheÌad draÌma, An Poll. Sa dara leabhar filiÌochta uaidh, As Gaineamh (CoisceÌim, 2011), bhiÌ tionchar a ghairme mar sheandaÌlaiÌ agus a thaithiÌ mar athair ag anaÌluÌ go trom ar a chuid filiÌochta. TaÌ ceisteanna feÌ iontaoibh radharc aÌr suÌl agus aÌr gcuimhne i dtreis go moÌr ina thriuÌ chnuasach, FeÌ Sholas Luaineach (CoisceÌim, 2014).
Simon OÌ FaolaÌin was born in Dublin and raised in West Kerry. He trained as an archaeologist and has worked both in the private sector as an excavation director and as an academic in Celtic Studies. Following periods in Galway, Wales, Achill Island and Cork he returned to live in West Kerry in 2007. His first collection, Anam Mhadra (CoisceÌim, 2008) won the Glen Dimplex Irish Award and the Eithne and Rupert Strong Award. He has won both the Colmcille Prize and the Foras na Gaeilge Prize twice. His first play, An Poll [The Hole] won the Walter Macken Prize from An Taibhdhearc in 2010. His second collection of poetry, As Gaineamh (CoisceÌim) was published in 2011 and his third, FeÌ Sholas Luaineach, (CoisceÌim) in 2014.