Rody Gorman was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1960 and now
lives in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He has published the poetry collections Fax
and Other Poems (Polygon, Edinburgh, 1996); Cùis-Ghaoil (diehard,
Edinburgh, 1999); Bealach Garbh (Coiscéim, Dublin, 1999); Air a'
Charbad fo Thalamh/On the Underground (Polygon, 2000); Naomhóga na Laoi
(Coiscéim, 2003); Tóithín ag Tláithínteacht (Lapwing, 2004); An
Duilleog agus an Crotal (Coiscéim, 2004); Flora from Lusitania (Lapwing,
2005) Zonda? Khamsin? Sharaav?
Camanchaca? (Leabhraichean Beaga, Inverness, 2006) and; Eadar Fiaradh is Balbh na h-Oidhche
(diehard, Callander, 2007) in English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. His
selected poems in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Chernilo, were published by Coiscéim in 2006.
He has worked as writing fellow at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Skye, An Lanntair in Lewis and at University College Cork and is editor and co-publisher of the annual Irish and Scottish Gaelic poetry anthology An Guth. Among his Gaelic translations are works by Cavafy, Yeats, Prévert, Neruda, Kavanagh, Holan, Milosz, Rósewicz, Larkin, Popa, Holub, Aspenstrom, Snyder, Njardvik, Longley, Platelis and Armitage. His English translations include poems by Donald MacAulay, Sorley MacLean and Iain Crichton Smith.
He has been awarded bursaries from the Scottish Arts Council in 1995, 1998, 2003 and 2007 as well as funding from An Chomhairle Ealaíon as well as from HI-Arts, the Royal Literary Fund and the Society of Authors.
He has worked as Convenor of the Translation and Linguistic
Rights Committee of Scottish PEN and as Specialist Adviser for the Scottish Arts Council, and as songwriter,
lecturer, creative writing tutor and adjudicator of literary competitions.
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