Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin
Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin, (born 1928, died 2013), was an Irish dramatist and writer.
Biography
Called the “best dramatist writing in Ireland” by John B. Keane, Ní Shúilleabháin was the winner of the Irish Life award for plays in 1974, and of thirty Oireachtas literary awards. Of her novel Aistriú (2004), Pól Ó Muirí wrote: "[It] is a work of great compassion and poignancy and Ní Shúilleabháin tells the story fluently. Her use of dialogue is particularly impressive, giving the reader the immediate sense of what is said but, magically, also conveying a second meaning behind the spoken one. It is the sound of speech and the whisper of a sigh that adds so much to a wonderful novel."
A native of the west Kerry Gaeltacht village of Imileá, Ballyferriter, Ní Shúilleabháin was one of six children of Séamus Ó Súilleabháin and Máire Feiritéar.
Her brother was the author, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (writer).
Her husband, the academic Patrick Leo Henry, died in 2011. She was survived by her six children.
Children's books
- Triúr Againn, 1955
- Mé Féin agus Síle, 1978
- Rósanna sa Gháirdín, 1994
Novels
- Ospidéal, 1980
- Aistriú, 2004
Plays
- Cití, 1975
- Madge agus Martha, 1976
- Is Tú mo Mhac, 1990
Plays for television
- Saolaíodh Gamhain, 1971
- An Carabhan
- Teacht agus Imeacht
Poetry
- Cnuasach Trá, 2000