Rita Kelly

Rita Kelly was born in Galway in 1953.  She has lived most of her life in the south east of Ireland with periods in New York, London and Germany.  Her work has been widely published and translated as well as being placed on university courses in Ireland and abroad.  She has won many awards. Her first literary award was adjudicated and granted by John B. Keane, of which she is very proud.  Most recently she has been awarded a Patrick & Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship. She has had many Arts Council Bursaries.  She holds an MA. Her work is thoughtful, rarely fashionable, sometimes challenging and evocative.