Majella Cullinane
| Majella Cullinane | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ireland |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews, Otago University |
Majella Cullinane is an Irish born, New Zealand author.
Background
Born and raised in Ireland, Cullinane became a New Zealand resident in 2008. She has a MLitt. in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and is a PhD candidate in Creative Practice at the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at Otago University.[1]
Works
- Guarding the Flame (2011), collection of poetry
- The Life of De'Ath (forthcoming)
Awards
Her first novel,The Life of De'Ath, was shortlisted for the 2016 Dundee International Book Prize.[2]
In 2014 she was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship, a literary residency at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[3]
Cullinane has also received a Seán Dunne Young Writers' Awards for Poetry, an Irish Arts Council Award[1] and the Hennessy XO/Irish Times Literary Award for Emerging Poetry.[4]
References
Further reading
Excepts from Guarding the Flame
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