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Mary O'Donoghue grew up in [[County Clare]], Ireland.
Mary O'Donoghue grew up in [[County Clare]], Ireland.


She is professor of English in the Arts and Humanities division at [[Babson College]], Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.babson.edu/academics/faculty/faculty-profiles/mary-odonoghue.php|title = Babson College Faculty Profiles}}</ref> and senior fiction editor at the literary journal AGNI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agnionline.bu.edu/about/our-people/authors/mary-odonoghue|title = Agni Online Profile}}</ref> In 2023 she held the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at [[Villanova University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/irishstudies/center/heimbold.html|title = Heimbold Chair}}</ref>
She is professor of English in the Arts and Humanities division at [[Babson College]], Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.babson.edu/academics/faculty/faculty-profiles/mary-odonoghue.php|title = Babson College Faculty Profiles}}</ref> and senior fiction editor at the literary journal AGNI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agnionline.bu.edu/about/our-people/authors/mary-odonoghue|title = Agni Online Profile| date=10 April 2018 }}</ref> In 2023 she held the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at [[Villanova University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/irishstudies/center/heimbold.html|title = Heimbold Chair}}</ref>


==Writings==
==Writings==
Her short story collection [https://stingingfly.org/product/the-hour-after-happy-hour/ ''The Hour After Happy Hour''] is published by Stinging Fly Press (2023); her novel ''Before the House Burns]'' appeared in 2010.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140903131130/http://www.lilliputpress.ie/book/144232404/mary_odonoghue-before_the_house_burns.html</ref>
Her short story collection [https://stingingfly.org/product/the-hour-after-happy-hour/ ''The Hour After Happy Hour''] is published by Stinging Fly Press (2023); her novel ''Before the House Burns]'' appeared in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lilliputpress.ie/book/144232404/mary_odonoghue-before_the_house_burns.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903131130/http://www.lilliputpress.ie/book/144232404/mary_odonoghue-before_the_house_burns.html | archive-date=3 September 2014 | title=The Lilliput Press }}</ref>


Her short stories have been published in Granta, SUBTROPICS, Georgia Review, Irish Times, Kenyon Review, The Common, Dublin Review, and elsewhere.
Her short stories have been published in Granta, SUBTROPICS, Georgia Review, Irish Times, Kenyon Review, The Common, Dublin Review, and elsewhere.

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Mary O'Donoghue
Born1975 (age 49–50)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
  • translator
NationalityIrish
GenreFiction

Mary O'Donoghue (born 1975) is an Irish fiction writer, poet, and translator.

Life and career

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Mary O'Donoghue grew up in County Clare, Ireland.

She is professor of English in the Arts and Humanities division at Babson College, Massachusetts[1] and senior fiction editor at the literary journal AGNI.[2] In 2023 she held the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University.[3]

Writings

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Her short story collection The Hour After Happy Hour is published by Stinging Fly Press (2023); her novel Before the House Burns] appeared in 2010.[4]

Her short stories have been published in Granta, SUBTROPICS, Georgia Review, Irish Times, Kenyon Review, The Common, Dublin Review, and elsewhere.

Her poetry collections are Tulle (2001) and Among These Winters (2007). Her translations of Irish-language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin appeared in Selected Poems from Yale University Press (Margellos World Republic of Letters) in 2014. Across several years and bilingual volumes, she has collaborated with Louis de Paor on translations of his poetry, most recently The Brindled Cat and the Nightingale’s Tongue (Bloodaxe Books, 2014).

Recognition and residencies

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Mary O'Donoghue's writing awards include two artist's fellowships from Massachusetts Cultural Council (2006 and 2012 [5]) and the Irish Times/ Legends of the Fall prize for short fiction responding to Ireland's economic crisis (2013).[6]

She has held residencies at Vermont Studio Center and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

References

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  1. ^ "Babson College Faculty Profiles".
  2. ^ "Agni Online Profile". 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Heimbold Chair".
  4. ^ "The Lilliput Press". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Announcing 37 Awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry". 23 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Legends of the Fall Shortlist". The Irish Times. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2020.