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Caoilinn Hughes

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Caoilinn Hughes
Hughes in August 2019
Hughes in August 2019
NationalityIrish
Alma materQueen's University Belfast,
Victoria University of Wellington
Notable worksGathering Evidence (2014)
Orchid & the Wasp (2018)
The Wild Laughter (2020)

Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist and short story writer.

She was the 2021 Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.[1]

Life

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She holds BA and MA degrees from Queen's University Belfast, and a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.[2]

Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence (Carcanet Press, 2014),[3] won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award in 2015. She was a James Merrill House Fellow in Stonington, CT in 2016.

Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp (Oneworld / Hogarth Press, 2018),[4] won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize,[5] was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award[6] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award[7] and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020.[8] In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize for her story "Psychobabble".[9][10] In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story "Prime".[11] She won the An Post Irish Book Awards' writing.ie Story of the Year 2020.[12]

Her second novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld, 2020),[13] won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award 2021,[14][15] and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020,[16] the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award,[17] the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer),[18] and was longlisted for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize.[19]

Works

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  • Gathering Evidence, Carcanet Press, 2014. ISBN 9781847772626
  • Orchid & the Wasp, Oneworld Publications/Hogarth Press, 2018. ISBN 9781524761103[20][21][22]
  • The Wild Laughter, Oneworld Publications, 2020. ISBN 9781786077806[23][24][25][26]
  • The Alternatives, Riverhead Books, 2024. ISBN 9780593545003 [27][28]

References

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  1. ^ "Arts Council Writer Fellow Appointments 2021". Irish Arts Council. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ Barry, Kevin (6 September 2018). "Debut novelist Caoilinn Hughes comes first (and third!) in The Moth Short Story Prize". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ "Carcanet Press, Gathering Evidence". Carcanet Press.
  4. ^ "Oneworld, Orchid and the Wasp". Oneworld Publications.
  5. ^ "Collyer Bristow prize: Caoilinn Hughes wins for Orchid the Wasp". The London Magazine. 4 October 2019.
  6. ^ Tobin, Christian (8 May 2019). "Big Book Awards 2019 shortlist reveals the hottest reads of the summer". Cosmopolitan.
  7. ^ "Best First Novel Award". Authors' Club.
  8. ^ "International DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist". Dublin City Libraries. 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn (6 September 2018). "'Psychobabble' by Caoilinn Hughes, winner of The Moth Short Story Prize 2018". The Irish Times.
  10. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn (6 September 2018). "'Standard Deviation' by Caoilinn Hughes: third place in The Moth short story prize". The Irish Times.
  11. ^ "Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize". Literary Hub. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  12. ^ "writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2020". Irish Book Awards. 6 September 2020.
  13. ^ "The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes review – an Irish Cain and Abel". the Guardian. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  14. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn (17 June 2021). "'Encore Award Winner Announced'". Royal Society of Literature.
  15. ^ Doyle, Martin (1 February 2021). "Caoilinn Hughes wins £10,000 Encore Award for The Wild Laughter". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  16. ^ "'An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year 2020 Shortlist'". An Post Irish Book Awards. 17 June 2021.
  17. ^ Hughes, Caoilinn (17 June 2021). "'RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award Shortlist'". An Post Irish Book Awards.
  18. ^ "Emerging Writer Award Shortlist 2021". www.zurich.ie. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2021: Longlist Announced". Wales Arts Review. 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  20. ^ McVeigh, Paul (9 June 2018). "'Orchid and the Wasp' by Caoilinn Hughes: this year's 'Conversations with Friends'". The Irish Times.
  21. ^ Waldman, Katy (14 August 2018). "The New Yorker Recommends: 'Orchid and the Wasp,' a Winning Début Novel". The New Yorker.
  22. ^ "In 'Orchid And The Wasp,' An Unapologetic Heroine Who's No Gentle Flower". NPR.org. 5 August 2018.
  23. ^ Eagleton, Oliver (3 July 2020). "'And never was griping so gay: Disinheritance and disorientation in The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes'". Times Literary Supplement.
  24. ^ Barekat, Houman (29 September 2020). "'The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes — a grim and comic tale'". Financial Times.
  25. ^ Hughes, Sarah (23 July 2020). "'The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes, review: A dark, epic family saga about rural Ireland'". i News.
  26. ^ Gilmartin, Sarah (25 July 2020). "'The Wild Laughter: Moving tale of assisted suicide in time of recession'". The Irish Times.
  27. ^ Walsh, S. Kirk (16 April 2024). "A Tale of Four Troubled and Talented Sisters, Told With Irish Flair". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  28. ^ "Writer Caoilinn Hughes on 'The Alternatives'". WKU Public Radio. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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