Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin (31 August 1928 – 21 May 2013) was an Irish dramatist and writer.

Biography

Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin was born in Ballyferriter,

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. She was one of six children of Séamus Ó Súilleabháin and Máire Feiritéar. Her brother was author Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

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called her the "best dramatist writing in Ireland". Ní Shúilleabháin was the winner of the Irish Life award for plays in 1974, and of thirty Oireachtas literary awards. Her novel ''Aistriú'' (2004) led Pól Ó Muirí to write, " tis a work of great compassion and poignancy and Ní Shúilleabháin tells the story fluently. Her use of dialogue is particularly impressive, giving the reader the immediate sense of what is said but, magically, also conveying a second meaning behind the spoken one. It is the sound of speech and the whisper of a sigh that adds so much to a wonderful novel." Her husband, academic Patrick Leo Henry, died in 2011. Ní Shúilleabháin died in Galway on 21 May 2013, survived by her six children.

Selected works

Children's books

* ''Triúr Againn'', 1955 * ''Mé Féin agus Síle'', 1978 * ''Rósanna sa Gháirdín'', 1994

Novels

* ''Ospidéal'', 1980 * ''Aistriú'', 2004

Plays

* ''Cití'', 1975 * ''Madge agus Martha'', 1976 * ''Is Tú mo Mhac'', 1990

Plays for television

* ''Saolaíodh Gamhain'', 1971 * ''An Carabhan'', 1972 * ''Teacht agus Imeacht''

Poetry

* ''Cnuasach Trá'', 2000

References

External links

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