Tomás Mac Síomóin (19 February 1938 – 17 February 2022) was an Irish doctoral graduate of

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, who worked as a biological researcher and university lecturer in the US and Ireland. He worked as a journalist, as editor of the newspaper '' Anois'' and for many years was editor of the literary and current affairs magazine, ''

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''. He wrote in Irish and published both poetry and fiction in that language.

Biography

He was born in

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. His story ''Cinn Lae Seangáin'' (“The Diary of an Ant”) won the award for best short story collection in the

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2005 competition, while in the following year his novel ''An Tionscadal'' (“The Project”) won the main Oireachtas literary award. His poems, stories, articles and translations from Catalan and

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have appeared in diverse publications. His novel, ''Ceallaigh'' (2009), was written in

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; it challenges some common assumptions about contemporary Cuban life and history. His work has been translated into many languages, most recently into Slovenian,

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and Catalan. He lived and worked since circa 1998 in

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. Tomás Mac Síomóin died on 17 February 2022, at the age of 83.

Published works

Short stories

*''Diary of an Ant'' (Nuascéalta, 2013) English translation of ''Cín Lae Seangáin agus Scéalta Eile''. *''Cín Lae Seangáin agus Scéalta Eile'' (Coiscéim, 2005) *''Einsamkeit in Erkundungen-30 irische Erzähler'' (Verlag Volk und Welt. Berlin, 1979)

Poetry

*''File ar Fhile: Dánta Antonio Machado'' (Cois Life, 2019) *''21 dán/poemes/poemas'' (Coiscéim, 2010), collected poems in Irish, Catalan and Spanish *''Scian'' (Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh, 1991) *''Cré agus Cláirseach'' (Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh, 1983) *''Codarsnaí'' (Clódhanna Teo., 1981) *''Damhna agus Dánta eile'' (Sáirséal & Dill, 1974)

Novels

*''Is Stacey Pregnant?: Notes from the Irish Dystopia'' (Nuascéalta, 2014), an English translation of ''An bhfuil Stacey ag iompar?'' *''The Cartographer's Apprentice: A 21st Century Fable'' (Nuascéalta, 2013), an English translation of ''An Tionscadal'' *''An bhfuil Stacey ag iompar?'' (Coiscéim, 2011) *''Ceallaigh'' (Coiscéim, 2009) *''An Tionscadal'' (Coiscéim, 2007) *''In inmhe'' (Coiscéim, 2004) *''Ag altóir an diabhail: striptease spioradálta Bheartla B'' (Coiscéim, 2003)

Non-fiction

*''The Gael becomes Irish: An Unfinished Odyssey'' (Nuascéalta, 2020) *''Fuego Verde: Sangre Celta en las Venas de América Latina'' (Nuascéalta, 2018) *''Raghallach na Fola/O'Reilly Hasta La Muerte'' (Coiscéim, 2015) *''The Broken Harp:Identity and Language in Modern Ireland'' (Nuascéalta, 2014) *''Mharaíodar/Asesinaron Camila'' (Coiscéim, 2012) *''Nasc na Fola'' (An Gúm, 2011) *''Na/Los Patricios'' (Coiscéim, 2011)

Anthologies

*''Three Leaves of a Bitter Shamrock'' (Nuascéalta, 2014) *''Best European Fiction 2013'' (Dalkey Archive Press, 2012), Aleksandar Hemon (series editor), John Banville (preface) *''The Willow's Whisper: A Transatlantic Compilation of Poetry from Ireland and Native America'' (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), Jill M. O Mahony and Mícheál Ó hAodha, editors *''Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: a Reader'' (Cork University Press, 2000), David Pierce, editor *''Das zweimaleins des Steins-Poesie aus Irland''. (Die horen, Bremerhaven, 1998) *''Poetry Ireland Review 39'': Autumn 1993: Special Issue: Contemporary Poetry in Irish (Colour Books, 1993), Seán Ó Cearnaigh, editor *''Irish Poetry Now: Other Voices'' (Merlin Publishing, 1993), Gabriel Fitzmaurice, editor *Dánta in ''An Crann Faoi Bhláth/The Flowering Tree'' (Eag: Declan Kiberd agus Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Wolfhound, B.Á.C. 1991)

Translations

*''Pedro Páramo'' (Coiscéim, 2008), aistriúchán ón Spáinnis ar úrscéal Meicsiceánach de chuid Juan Rulfo. *''Na cathracha caillte'' (Coiscéim, 2004), aistriúcháin ar dánta Spáinnise Ernesto Cardenal. *''Selected poems /Tacar dánta'' (Goldsmith Press, 1984), bilingual selection of poems by Máirtín Ó Díreáin in collaboration with Douglas Sealy. *''Mo Chroí san Afraic'' (An Gúm, 2002), translation of ''El meu cor es diu Africa'', a Catalan novel for teenagers by Victor Mora, in collaboration with Carl Mac Gabhann.

Essays

*"Cultura literària en llengua irlandesa: Cruïlla o final de viatge" (Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2010) *''Faoin Bhratach Dhearg'' (, 2007) *''Macallaí na Cásca 1 1916: Leath-réabhlóid. Paradacsa ait na Gaeilge'' (Coiscéim, 2006) *''Ó Mhársa go Magla: straitéis nua don Ghaeilge'' (Coiscéim, 2006). *''Ceachtanna ón gCatalóin: teanga i ngleic le nualiobrálachas'' (Coiscéim, 2005) *''Tuairisc ón bPluais: poblachtánachas agus litríocht in aois na scáth'' (Coiscéim, 2004). *''Poet of Conscience: The Old and the New in the Poetry of Sorley MacLean'' (Scottish Academic Press, 1986)

References

External links

WebsiteCoiscéim PublishersInformation about Mac Síomóin, by 'Cois Life' a publisher of literary and research works in Irish

Tomás Mac Síomóin, un "patrici" irlandès a Sant Feliu. Revista de Girona 290/2015 (in Catalan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mac Siomoin, Tomas 1938 births 2022 deaths Irish-language writers 20th-century Irish short story writers 20th-century Irish poets 20th-century Irish novelists 20th-century Irish non-fiction writers 20th-century Irish male writers 21st-century Irish short story writers 21st-century Irish poets 21st-century Irish novelists 21st-century Irish non-fiction writers Irish male short story writers Irish male poets Irish male novelists Irish male essayists Writers from Dublin (city)