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Alan Titley

アラン・タイリー

Aran Tairī

Aliases: An Titlíoch / Crobhingne
Pen Names: Crobhingne(Pen name for columns)

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-06-28 (Cork City, Ireland)
Nationality
Irish
Languages
Irish
Residence History
Cork, Ireland

Career

Occupations
Irish-language novelist, translator, playwright, professor
Active Years
1966-2025
Affiliations
University College Cork, Professor of Modern Irish, Royal Irish Academy
Memberships
Royal Irish Academy

Education

Coláiste Chríost Rí
Secondary school
Country: Ireland
Secondary education
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
Education
Country: Ireland
Teacher training
University College Dublin
Country: Ireland

Awards

The Butler Prize
Organization: Irish American Cultural Institute
Result: 受賞
The Pater Prize for International Drama
Result: 受賞
The Stewart Parker Award for Drama
Organization: BBC
Result: 受賞
Éilís Dillon Award for Children's Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stiall fhial feola

1980 Novel

Irish-language novel

Identity

Méirscrí na treibhe

1978 Novel

Irish-language novel

The Dirty Dust

2015 Translation

English translation of Cré na Cille

Bibliography

  • Lámh, Lámh Eile
  • An Bhean Feasa
  • An Chuallacht Léannta
  • Rabhadh Dánta
  • Smuf
  • Na Drámaí Garbha
  • Scríbhneoirí faoi chaibidil
  • Gluaiseacht
  • An réabhlóid mar ghníomh dínite
  • Tyda
  • Beir leat do shár-Ghaeilg
  • Amach
  • Leabhar Nóra Ní Anluain
  • Chun doirne
  • Fabhalscéalta
  • An cogadh in aghaidh na critice
  • An fear dána
  • An t-úrscéal Gaeilge
  • Tagann Godot
  • Eiriceachtaí agus Scéalta Eile
  • Stiall fhial feola
  • Méirscrí na treibhe
  • Máirtín Ó Cadhain
  • The Dirty Dust. Cré na Cille
  • The History of the Irish Book, vol. II
  • Nailing Theses
  • A pocket history of Gaelic culture

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Innovative Irish-language style
Recurring Motifs
PoliticsImmigration

Legacy

Key figure in Irish-language literature, former professor, RIA member.

Trivia

  • Taught in Nigeria during the Biafra War.
  • Advocates for totally open borders policy on immigration.