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Caoilinn Hughes
NationalityIrish
Alma materQueen's University of Belfast,
Victoria University of Wellington

Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist, and short story writer.

Life

She holds a BA and MA 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 2014)[2], won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award 2015. Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp (Oneworld / Hogarth 2018)[3], won the Collyer Bristow Prize 2019,[1] was a finalist for the Hearst Big Book Award[4] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award[5]. In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize.[6][7] In 2019 she won an O. Henry Award for her short story Prime.[8]

Works

  • Gathering Evidence Carcanet Press 2014. ISBN 9781847772626, OCLC 864790156
  • Orchid And The Wasp Oneworld Publications/Hogarth Press 2018. ISBN 9781786074997, OCLC 1102658950[9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Debut novelist Caoilinn Hughes comes first (and third!) in The Moth Short Story Prize". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ "Carcanet Press, Gathering Evidence". Carcanet Press.
  3. ^ "Oneworld, Orchid and the Wasp". Oneworld Publications.
  4. ^ "Big Book Awards 2019 shortlist reveals the hottest reads of the summer". Cosmopolitan.
  5. ^ "Best First Novel Award". Authors' Club.
  6. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn. "'Psychobabble' by Caoilinn Hughes, winner of The Moth Short Story Prize 2018". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn. "'Standard Deviation' by Caoilinn Hughes: third place in The Moth short story prize". The Irish Times.
  8. ^ "Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize". Literary Hub. Literary Hub. May 16, 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  9. ^ "'Orchid and the Wasp' by Caoilinn Hughes: this year's 'Conversations with Friends'". The Irish Times.
  10. ^ "The New Yorker Recommends: "Orchid and the Wasp," a Winning Début Novel". The New Yorker.
  11. ^ "In 'Orchid And The Wasp,' An Unapologetic Heroine Who's No Gentle Flower". NPR.org.

Category:Living people Category:Irish novelists Category:Irish poets Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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