Sheila O’Hagan (died 30 December 2017) was a Dublin based writer and poet.
Biography edit
Sheila O'Hagan began writing poetry in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University.[1] She was a teacher of Creative Writing and reviewer, had given a workshop in Wormwood scrubs prison and was Writer-in-residence for County Kildare.
As a mentor and encourager, O'Hagan was a prominent presence on the Dublin writing scene during the 1990s and onwards for about fifteen years. She ran what became known as "The St. Stephen's Green Writers' Workshop" at her apartment on St Stephen's Green, which included many published, or about-to-be-published, and/or prize-winning authors, among them Tom French, Jean O'Brien, John O'Donnell, Mary O'Donnell, Eugene O'Connell, Clar Ni Aonghusa and Alison Maxwell.
She died on 30 December 2017.
Awards edit
She won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Awardin 1991, the Goldsmith Award for Poetry in 1988, and the Hennessey/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the Year in 1992.[2] and the Listowel Writers Week, 1990/1998.[3]
Poetry books edit
- The Peacock’s Eye (Salmon Publishing, 1992)
- The Troubled House (Salmon Publishing, 1995)
- Along the Liffey: Poems & Short Stories (Salmon Poetry, 2009)
References edit
- ^ "Salmon Publishing Online Bookshop | Sheila O'Hagan". Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
- ^ "Ricorso: Digital materials for the study and appreciation of Anglo-Irish Literature".
- ^ "Roundcube Webmail :: Welcome to Roundcube Webmail".
External links edit
- Irish Writers Online biography Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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