Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
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Edition 96 (2007, held 2 times in year) Fellowship
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Edition 175 (2007, held 7 times in year) Fellowship
Sinéad Morrissey
シーネード・モリッシー
Sinead Morrissey
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1972-04-24 （Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland）
- Nationality
- Northern Irish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Belfast (raised) → Japan (period of residence) → New Zealand (period of residence) → Newcastle upon Tyne (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor of Creative Writing, Writer
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Queen's University Belfast (Seamus Heaney Centre, former assistant director), Newcastle University (Professor of Creative Writing)
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Nominations
- Between Here and There (shortlisted for T. S. Eliot Prize), The State of the Prisons (shortlisted for T. S. Eliot Prize), Through the Square Window (shortlisted for T. S. Eliot Prize)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College, Dublin | Faculty of Arts | English Literature / Creative Writing | BA, PhD | — | Ireland |
Trinity College, Dublin
Faculty of Arts
/ English Literature / Creative Writing
Degree:
BA, PhD
Country:
Ireland
Completed BA and PhD (years unspecified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award | — | — | Patrick Kavanagh Award organisers | Winner |
| 2005 | Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize | The State of the Prisons | — | Michael Hartnett Prize organisers | Winner |
| 2010 | Poetry Now Award | Through the Square Window | — | Irish Times / Poetry Now | Winner |
| 2007 | National Poetry Competition (UK) | Through the Square Window (poem) | — | The Poetry Society | Winner (First Prize) |
| 2007 | Lannan Foundation Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | Fellowship |
| 2014 | T. S. Eliot Prize | Parallax: And Selected Poems | Poetry | T. S. Eliot Prize committee | Winner |
| 2017 | Forward Prize for Poetry (Best Collection) | On Balance | Poetry | Forward Prizes | Winner |
| 2019 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | Fellow |
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
1990
Organization:
Patrick Kavanagh Award organisers
Result:
Winner
Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize
2005
Work:
The State of the Prisons
Organization:
Michael Hartnett Prize organisers
Result:
Winner
Poetry Now Award
2010
Work:
Through the Square Window
Organization:
Irish Times / Poetry Now
Result:
Winner
National Poetry Competition (UK)
2007
Work:
Through the Square Window (poem)
Organization:
The Poetry Society
Result:
Winner (First Prize)
Lannan Foundation Fellowship
2007
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
Fellowship
T. S. Eliot Prize
2014
Work:
Parallax: And Selected Poems
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
T. S. Eliot Prize committee
Result:
Winner
Forward Prize for Poetry (Best Collection)
2017
Work:
On Balance
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Forward Prizes
Result:
Winner
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2019
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
Fellow
Awards & Nominations
T. S. Eliot Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2013) Winner
Forward Prizes for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (2017) Winner
Works
Major Works
There Was Fire in Vancouver
1996 PoetryEarly collection exploring memory and sense of place.
memoryplaceidentity
Between Here and There
2001 PoetryCollection themed on movement, distance and relationships; shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize.
movementalienationrelationships
The State of the Prisons
2005 PoetryA collection that brings political and historical perspectives to personal experience; winner of the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize.
historypoliticspersonal history
Through the Square Window
2009 PoetryContains poems that sensitively depict personal loss, family and everyday scenes. Winner of the Poetry Now Award and the title poem won the National Poetry Competition.
lossdomestic lifethe everyday
Parallax: And Selected Poems
2013 Poetry (Selected Poems)Selected poems including major works. Treats political, historical and personal themes from many angles; winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize.
multiple perspectiveshistorypersonal and political
On Balance
2017 PoetryA poetic meditation on balance and appraisal; winner of the Forward Prize for Poetry (Best Collection).
balanceappraisaltime
Bibliography
- There Was Fire in Vancouver (1996)
- Between Here and There (2001)
- The State of the Prisons (2005)
- Through the Square Window (2009)
- Parallax: And Selected Poems (2013)
- On Balance (2017)
- The Italian Chapel (pamphlet, 2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- precise and careful languageinterweaving personal experience with historical perspectivebalance of lyricism and narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and lossdomestic scenes and familyhistorical events and political backdrop
Legacy
Sinéad Morrissey is an award-winning Northern Irish poet praised for blending personal memory with historical perspective. She has taught creative writing at university level and is regarded as an important voice in contemporary English poetry.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Archives
- Queen's University Belfast - Seamus Heaney Centre related archives (possible holdings)
Quotes
-
In my dream the dead have arrived to wash the windows of my house. There are no blinds to shut them out with.
Source: Excerpt from "Through the Square Window" (2009)
Trivia
- Won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1990.
- Won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2014 for Parallax.
- Won the Forward Prize (Best Collection) in 2017 for On Balance.
- Has lived in Japan and New Zealand.
- Has taught at Queen's University Belfast and Newcastle University.
- Has two children.