Siobhán Nà Shúilleabháin, (31 August 1928 â€" 21 May 2013), was an
Irish dramatist and writer.Siobhán Nà Shúilleabháin was born in
Ballyferriter, County Kerry. She was one of six children of Séamus Ã"
Súilleabháin and Máire Feiritéar. Her brother was author MÃcheál
Ã" Súilleabháin.John B. Keane called her the “best dramatist
writing in Ireland†. Nà Shúilleabháin was the winner of the Irish
Life award for plays in 1974, and of thirty Oireachtas literary
awards. Her novel Aistriú (2004) led Pól Ã" Muirà to write, "[It]
is a work of great compassion and poignancy and Nà Shúilleabháin
tells the story fluently. Her use of dialogue is particularly
impressive, giving the reader the immediate sense of what is said but,
magically, also conveying a second meaning behind the spoken one. It
is the sound of speech and the whisper of a sigh that adds so much to
a wonderful novel."[1]Her husband, academic Patrick Leo Henry, died in
2011.
Irish dramatist and writer.Siobhán Nà Shúilleabháin was born in
Ballyferriter, County Kerry. She was one of six children of Séamus Ã"
Súilleabháin and Máire Feiritéar. Her brother was author MÃcheál
Ã" Súilleabháin.John B. Keane called her the “best dramatist
writing in Ireland†. Nà Shúilleabháin was the winner of the Irish
Life award for plays in 1974, and of thirty Oireachtas literary
awards. Her novel Aistriú (2004) led Pól Ã" Muirà to write, "[It]
is a work of great compassion and poignancy and Nà Shúilleabháin
tells the story fluently. Her use of dialogue is particularly
impressive, giving the reader the immediate sense of what is said but,
magically, also conveying a second meaning behind the spoken one. It
is the sound of speech and the whisper of a sigh that adds so much to
a wonderful novel."[1]Her husband, academic Patrick Leo Henry, died in
2011.
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