Colm Breathnach

File, úrscéalaí agus aistritheoir é Colm Breathnach. Bhuaigh sé an phríomhdhuais filíochta ag comórtais liteartha in Oireachtais ceithre huaire agus sa bhliain 1999 bhronn an Foras Cultúrtha Gael-Mheiriceánach ‘Duais an Bhuitléirigh’ air mar aitheantas ar a shaothar filíochta. I gcomhar leis an Dr. Andrea Nic Thaidhg, dhein sé aistriúchán ar an úrscéal Katz und Maus le Günter Grass faoin dteideal Cat agus Luch (Coiscéim, 2009). Bronnadh duais aitheantais speisialta ar an gcéad úrscéal aige Con Trick “An Bhalla Bháin” (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2009) i gcomórtais an Oireachtais. Deineadh dánta leis a aistriú go Béarla, Gaeilge na hAlban, Gearmáinis, Iodáilis, Fraincis, Slóivéinis agus Sínis agus foilsíodh leagan Rómáinise dá chnuasach An Fear Marbh faoin dteideal Bărbatul fără viaţă (Ars Longa, Iasi, 1999). Dámhadh tréimhsí cónaithe scríbhneoireachta air i Shanghai agus sa tSlóivéin agus bhí sé ina scríbhneoir cónaitheach i gColáiste Phádraig, Ollscoil Bhaile Átha Cliath sa bhliain 2015. Foilsíodh an cnuasach is déanaí uaidh Tírdhreacha, rogha dánta agus dánta nua maille le saothar ealaíne le Pól Ó Colmáin, sa bhliain 2015.

Colm Breathnach is a poet, novelist and translator. He won the principal poetry prize at the annual Conradh na Gaeilge Oireachtas Literary Competitions on four occasions and the Irish American Cultural Institute presented him with the ‘Butler Prize’ in 1999 for his poetry. With Dr. Andrea Nic Thaidhg, he produced a translation of the Günter Grass novel Katz und Maus under the title Cat agus Luch (Coiscéim, 2009). His first novel, Con Trick “An Bhalla Bháin” (Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2009) was awarded a special recognition prize at the Oireachtas Literary Competitions. He has had poems translated into English, Sottish Gaelic, German, Italian, French, Slovenian and Chinese and his collection An Fear Marbh appeared in a Romanian edition under the title Bărbatul fără viaţă (Ars Longa, Iasi, 1999). He has been awarded writing residencies in Shanghai and Slovenia and he was Irish-language Writer in Residence in St. Patrick’s College, Dublin City University, in 2015. His collection Tírdhreacha, new and selection poems with accompanying artwork by Pól Ó Colmáin, was published in 2015.

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