Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi is a Nigerian-Irish poet, writer, editor, and performer.

Poetry

Enyi-Amadi's poetry has been published in ''Architecture Ireland'', ''Poetry International'', ''

Poetry Ireland Review ''Poetry Ireland Review'' is a journal of Irish poetry published three times a year by Poetry Ireland, the national Irish poetry organisation. ''Poetry Ireland Review'' publishes the work of both emerging and established Irish and international ...

'', ''The MASI Journal'', RTÉ Poetry Programme, Smithereens Press, The Bohemyth, ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'', and in the volume ''Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories'' (2020). She received the 2019

Poetry Ireland Poetry Ireland ( ga, Éigse Éireann) is an organisation for poets and poetry, in both Irish and English, in the island of Ireland. It is a private nonprofit organisation that receives support from The Arts Council of Ireland and The Arts Council of ...

Access Cúirt Bursary. In 2018, she was a speaker at the Dublin Human Rights Festival alongside Clara Rose Thornton and Farah Elle. She performed as part of the 2019

International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against wom ...

with Poetry Ireland. She was among the invited performers at the 2019 Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector conference. The

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

commissioned her to write three poems in response to the 2019 exhibition ''A Fiction Close to Reality''. In 2019, Enyi-Amadi co-edited a volume of poetry with

Pat Boran Pat Boran (born 1963) is an Irish poet. Biography Born in Portlaoise, Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and international poetry in ...

, ''Writing Home: The New Irish Poets'', which featured poems from poets who have emigrated to Ireland. She was one of the featured writers and performers for the 2020 Nollaig na mBan celebrations in Epic, the Irish Emigration Museum. She collaborated with poet and singer-songwriter, Christie Kandiwa, on the piece entitled ''SEE x SEA'' for the Mother Tongues Festival in February 2020.

Personal life

Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi was born in

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

, Nigeria, and moved to

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

, Ireland at age 10. She attended

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

graduating with a BA in English and Philosophy. While at UCD she edited and contributed to ''Otwo'' magazine for ''

The University Observer ''The University Observer'' is a broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the campus of University College Dublin, Ireland, once every three weeks. Launched in 1994 by University College Dublin Students' Union, the newspaper was an immedia ...

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enyi-Amadi, Chiamaka Living people Date of birth unknown 21st-century Irish poets 21st-century Irish writers 21st-century Irish women writers 21st-century Nigerian poets 21st-century Nigerian writers 21st-century Nigerian women writers Year of birth missing (living people)