Dairena Ní Chinnéide is an Irish poet and former broadcast journalist, interpreter and television producer. She has published 12 books of mainly bilingual poetry in Irish and one in English, titled 'deleted', published by Sam Harper One of her better known poems is Jeaic ar Scoil. She has received several awards for her writing, including from The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship, The Arts Council of Ireland and Éalaíon na Gaeltachta Literature Awards. She was nominated Poet Laureate for Listowel during the Poetry Ireland initiative, Poetrytown 2021.
Biography Ní Chinnéide is from the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. She graduated from Dublin City University in 1989 with a degree in Communications studies. After working at Radio Kerry, she joined Century Radio. She was the final voice heard on Century Radio before it closed in November 1991. She moved back to Kerry to work at RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
Ní Chinnéide's first book of poetry was published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 2005. Her work, deleted, published by Salmon Poetry (2019) was her first poetry collection written and published in English.
Ní Chinnidéide was appointed writer-in-residence at Dublin City University for the 2017-2018 year.
Selected works Ní Chinnéide's works include: An Trodaí & Dánta Eile/The Warrior & Other Poems, 2006 Máthair an Fhiaigh/The Raven's Mother, 2008 An tEachtrannach/Das Fremde/The Stranger, 2008 Pol na mBabies, 2008 Bleachtaire na Seirce, 2011 Cloithear Aistear Anama, Coiscéim, 2013 Labhraíonn Fungie/Fungie Speaks, 2015 Fé Gheasa/Spellbound, 2016 Tairseach, Éabhlóid, 2021 Cinnlínte, Breaking Verse, 2022
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