Mia Gallagher
Mia Gallagher | |
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| Born | 1967/68 Dublin, Ireland |
| Language | English Latin Spanish[1] |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Notable works | HellFire |
Mia Gallagher (born 1967/68) is an Irish writer and actress.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Career
[edit]Gallagher's first novel HellFire won the Irish Tatler Women of the Year Literature Award in 2007. Anne Gildea described it as "the relentless inner monologue of protagonist Lucy Dolan, inner-city junkie, just out of prison, retelling the story of herself to make sense of her raddled journey from womb to now. The Dublin it evokes is a dirty gothic heroin- and poverty-addled pit, webbed over with multiple sorry stories, streaked through with sinister myth," comparing Gallagher to Flann O'Brien.[5]
Gallagher received several Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland.[6][7] Her second novel, Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland, was released in 2016, to mixed reviews. She also released a short story collection, Shift, in 2018.[8]
In 2018 she was elected to Aosdána.[9]
Gallagher is also an actress.
Works
[edit]Short stories
[edit]- Shift (2019)[10]
- Dubliners (2022, with Mario Sughi)[10]
Novels
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "The Art of Rewriting with Mia Gallagher". Irish Writers Centre.
- ↑ "Mia Gallagher: A decade spent making strange lost worlds". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "Mia Gallagher". www.ricorso.net.
- ↑ "Irish author Mia Gallagher on greying gracefully: 'At the moment, going grey is almost like a crime for women'". Irish Independent. 25 February 2015.
- ↑ "In praise of Mia Gallagher, by Anne Gildea". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "Top Tips for Writers by Mia Gallagher". Writing.ie.
- ↑ Watch: Sebastian Barry and Mia Gallagher in conversation
- ↑ Leonard, Sue (10 October 2018). "Mia Gallagher". Sue Leonard.
- ↑ "General Assembly". Aosdána.
- 1 2 Kehoe, Paddy (30 July 2018). "Reviewed: Shift by Mia Gallagher" – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ Griffiths, Niall (21 October 2006). "Dark, despairing Dublin". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ↑ https://www.newisland.ie/mia-gallaghernm1143716