Órfhlaith Foyle is an
Irish novelist and poet.
Foyle was born in
Nigeria
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to Irish
missionary
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parents, living there as well as
Kenya
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and
Malawi
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,
all of which had a profound effect upon her writing.
She has a
Bachelor in
Humanities
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, and is a full-time writer,
who has been published in a number of literary journals. Foyle has also lived in Australia,
France, Russia,
Israel
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and the United Kingdom, and now lives in
Galway
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, Ireland.
Her publications to date include a novel and a book of poetry. A second novel is forthcoming. Her cited influences include
Flannery O'Connor,
Katherine Mansfield,
Emily Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ''Wuthering Heights'', now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poet ...
and
Emily Dickinson.
Selected works
* ''Belios'', Lilliput Press, 2005 - novel
* ''Revenge'', Arlen House, 2005 - mixed collection
* ''Red Riding Hood's Dilemma'', Arlen House, 2010 - poetry, nominated for the Rupert and Eithne Strong Award
* ''Somewhere In Minnesota'', Arlen House 2011 - short story collection
* ''Clemency Browne Dreams of Gin'', Arlen House 2014
External links
* http://www.saltpublishing.com/horizon/issues/03/text/foyle_orfhlaith.htm
* http://writerscentre.ie/blog/?p=295
* http://www.lilliputpress.ie/listbook.html?id=312
References
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Irish poets
People from County Galway
Living people
Irish women poets
Year of birth missing (living people)
Irish people of Nigerian descent