Irish poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill to for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 13

Irish poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, hailed by the Irish Literary Supplement as the “most acclaimed Gaelic poet of the century,” will read from her work at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, for Washington University’s Writing Program Reading Series.

The reading is free and open to the public and takes place in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on the university’s Hilltop Campus. Duncker Hall is located at the northwest corner of Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.

Dhomhnaill, who writes exclusively in Irish Gaelic, was born in Lancastershire, England in 1952 and raised in Ireland. Her poems have been translated by a who’s who of Irish poetry, including Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, Medbh McGuckian, Ciaran Carson, John Montague and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.

Dhomhnaill’s collections include “An Dealg Droighin” (1981) and “Féar Suaithinseach” (1984) — both of which were awarded the Arts Council Prize for Poetry and the Séan O Riordáin Award — and “Feis” (1991). Books in English translation include “Rogha Dánta” (1986), “Pharoah’s Daughter” (1990), “The Astrakham Cloak” (1992), “Cead Aighnis” (1998) and “The Water House” (2000).

Dhomhnaill also has written numerous plays for children, several screenplays, a libretto and is editor of the anthology “Jumping Off Shadows: Selected Contemporary Irish Poets” (1999). Her numerous awares include the Irish Foundation O’Shaughnessy Award and the American Ireland Fund Literature Prize. She currently resides in Dublin with her husband and four children.