Alan Titley MRIA (born 28 June 1947, Irish: An TitlÃoch) is an
Irish-language novelist, translator, playwright and
professor.[1][2][3][4][5] He also wrote columns under the name
Crobhingne.[6]Titley was born in Cork and educated at Coláiste
ChrÃost RÃ, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and University College
Dublin.[7]He taught in Nigeria during the Biafra War. Later he was
head of the Irish Department in Drumcondra from 1981. In 2003 he began
to write a column in The Irish Times. In 2006 he was appointed
Professor of Modern Irish in University College Cork. He retired in
2011. Titley was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2012.[8][9]
Awards won include The Butler Prize of the Irish American Cultural
Institute, The Pater Prize for International Drama, The Stewart Parker
Award for Drama from the BBC, and the ÉilÃs Dillon Award for
Children's Literature.[10]
Irish-language novelist, translator, playwright and
professor.[1][2][3][4][5] He also wrote columns under the name
Crobhingne.[6]Titley was born in Cork and educated at Coláiste
ChrÃost RÃ, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and University College
Dublin.[7]He taught in Nigeria during the Biafra War. Later he was
head of the Irish Department in Drumcondra from 1981. In 2003 he began
to write a column in The Irish Times. In 2006 he was appointed
Professor of Modern Irish in University College Cork. He retired in
2011. Titley was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2012.[8][9]
Awards won include The Butler Prize of the Irish American Cultural
Institute, The Pater Prize for International Drama, The Stewart Parker
Award for Drama from the BBC, and the ÉilÃs Dillon Award for
Children's Literature.[10]
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