Nell Regan

Nell Regan is an internationally renowned Irish based poet and non fiction writer.

Nell Regan
Born1969
London
OccupationPoet
NationalityIrish, British
GenrePoetry

Life

Regan was born in London in 1969 but grew up in Dublin, Ireland. She was educated in University College Dublin, Lancaster University and Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a graduate of The Poets’ House, Donegal. Regan has worked as a documentary researcher. She teaches in Dublin.[1] In 2013 Regan was made artistic director of the West Cork Literary Festival.[2][3]

In 2011, she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.[4]

Awards
  • 2007 Dublin City Council Bursary for Literature[5]
  • 2012 Fulbright Fellowship[6]
  • 2010 Arts Council An Chomhairle Ealaíon Literature Bursary[5]
  • in 2011 she was Writer in Residence at the International Writing Programme, Iowa[5]
  • In 2013 Writer in Residence at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.[5]
  • 2016 Kavanagh Fellowship
  • She has also been shortlisted for the Glen Dimplex New Writing Awards, Strong Awards and Patrick Kavanagh Awards.[5]

Themes

Regan's poetry draws from the issues she is interested in, like history, culture and nature and she has been commissioned by organisations like Cork County Council's Fort Camden Commission.[7][8]

Bibliography

Poetry
  • Preparing for Spring (Galway, Arlen House, 2007/New York, Syracuse University Press, 2008)
  • Bound for Home (Arlen House, 2011)
  • One Still Thing (London, Enitharmon, 2014)
  • Underworld (Belfast, Lapwing, 2004)

Non fiction
  • Female Activists, Irish Women and Change, (Woodfield Press, 2001)
  • Field Day Anthlogy Vol 4.

References
  1. "irish writers online". Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. Cashin, Declan (29 June 2014). "Question of culture with artistic director Nell Regan". The Independent. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. "Nell Regan appointed new Artistic Director of West Cork Literary Festival". 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. "2011 Resident Participants | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  5. "enitharmon publishing". enitharmon publishing. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  6. "fulbright-recipient-nell-regan-". fulbright. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. "Irish Poet in America". thetimes-tribune. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  8. "Munster literature reviews Bound for Home". Munster literature. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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