Caoilinn Hughes | |
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![]() Hughes in August 2019 | |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater |
Queen's University of Belfast, Victoria University of Wellington |
Notable works | Gathering Evidence (2014); Orchid And The Wasp (2018); The Wild Laughter (2020) |
Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist, and short story writer.
She holds BA and MA degrees from Queen's University of Belfast, and a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. [1] Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence ( Carcanet Press, 2014), [2] won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award in 2015. Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp ( Oneworld / Hogarth Press, 2018), [3] won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize, [4] was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award [5] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award [6] and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020. [7] In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize for her story "Psychobabble". [8] [9] In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story "Prime". [10] She won the An Post Irish Book Awards' writing.ie Story of the Year 2020. [11] Her second novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld, 2020), [12] won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award 2021, [13] [14] and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020, [15] the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award, [16] the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer), [17] and was longlisted for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize. [18] She was the 2021 Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. [19]
Caoilinn Hughes | |
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![]() Hughes in August 2019 | |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater |
Queen's University of Belfast, Victoria University of Wellington |
Notable works | Gathering Evidence (2014); Orchid And The Wasp (2018); The Wild Laughter (2020) |
Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist, and short story writer.
She holds BA and MA degrees from Queen's University of Belfast, and a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. [1] Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence ( Carcanet Press, 2014), [2] won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award in 2015. Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp ( Oneworld / Hogarth Press, 2018), [3] won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize, [4] was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award [5] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award [6] and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020. [7] In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize for her story "Psychobabble". [8] [9] In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story "Prime". [10] She won the An Post Irish Book Awards' writing.ie Story of the Year 2020. [11] Her second novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld, 2020), [12] won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award 2021, [13] [14] and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020, [15] the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award, [16] the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer), [17] and was longlisted for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize. [18] She was the 2021 Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. [19]