In The Bend in the Road, from the 2001 collection The Girl who Married the Reindeer, we seem at first to be within a straightforward recollection of experience: ‘This is the place where the child / Felt sick in the car’. These are rooted not only in the breadth and depth of her interests, but also in her poetry’s distinctive combination of the concrete and the mysterious. Ní Chuilleanáin’s work undoubtedly poses challenges to its readers. Following on from the publication last year of her Collected Poems, though, the day-long event at Trinity will primarily focus on her poetry.Īcross nine collections, starting with the publication of Acts and Monuments in 1972, an authoritative and visionary poetic voice has been unfurled. Her scholarship includes pioneering research into a fascinating array of subjects, from the sermons of John Donne to the fiction of Maria Edgeworth to the Civil War prison diary of Joseph Campbell. Ní Chuilleanáin’s contribution to the life of Trinity, where she taught in the School of English for many years, has been extensive. On Saturday, a symposium at Trinity College Dublin will explore her work. In a ceremony on Thursday, President Michael D Higgins will confer the gold Torc, marking her election to the position of Saoi of Aosdána. The remarkable career of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin will be celebrated twice this week, ahead of her upcoming 80th birthday later this month.
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