Enda Wyley is an Irish writer of poetry and children's literature.

Life

Enda Wyley was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1966 and lives in Dublin.

She was awarded a B.Ed. by the Marino Institute of Education, Dublin and then worked for twenty years as a primary school teacher.[1][2]

She obtained an M.A in creative writing from Lancaster University.[3]

She is married to Peter Sirr who is also a poet and they have one daughter.[4]

Work

She writes poetry and children's literature.

She has been the Poet-at-Work in the Coombe Maternity Hospital, Dublin and Writer in Residence at the Marino Institute.[5]

Works

Poetry

  • Eating Baby Jesus (Dedalus Press, 1993)
  • Socrates in the Garden (Dedalus Press, 1998)
  • Poems for Breakfast (Dedalus Press, 2004)
  • To Wake to This (Dedalus Press, 2009)
  • Borrowed Space, New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press, 2014)
  • The Painter on his Bike (Dedalus Press, 2019).

Children's literature

  • Boo and Bear (O'Brien Press, 2003)
  • The Silver Notebook (O'Brien Press, 2007)
  • I Won’t Go to China! (O'Brien Press, 2009)[6]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Celebrating our lives in poetry and emotion". Irish Independent. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Enda Wyley". Poetry Ireland. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Enda Wyley". Dedalus Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Writer's block with Irish Poets Enda Wyley and Peter Sirr". The Gloss. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Enda Wyley". Dedalus Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Enda Wyley". O'Brien Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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