Ré Ó
Laighléis
Cló Mhaigh Eo -
Book Publishers /
Foilsitheoirí
Rugadh Ré O Laighlís sa Naigín, Co
Atha Cliath in 1953. Ghlac sé céim sa
tSocheolaíocht agus sa Ghaeilge in Ollscoil na
Gaillimhe (1978) agus ghnóthaigh sé
iarchéimeanna san Oideachas i gColáiste
Phádraigh (G D Ed 1980) agus i mBoston College (M Ed
1983). Tá sé cáilithe freisin mar
Shaineolaí Comhairleach sa Léitheoireacht ag
an Massachusetts State Board of Education (1983). Chaith
sé dhá bhliain déag mar
mhúinteoir i Scoil Iognáid, Gaillimh. I 1996
foilsíodh a  shainleabhar
drámaíochta d'oidí agus do
pháustí, Aistear Intinne
(Coiscéim).
Is mar scríbhneoir úrscéalta,
áfach, idir Ghaeilge agus Bhéarla, is
mó atá aithne ar Ré O Laighléis.
Tá aitheantas tugtha ag an gComhairle Ealaíon
do thábhacht a scríbhínní
trí Spárantachtaí sa Litríocht a
bhronnadh air i 1991, 1995/'96 agus arís i 1999/2000.
Scríobhann sé don déagóir agus
don duine fásta araon agus tá saothair leis
aistrithe go raidhse eile teangacha. Ar na saothair do
dhéagóirí dá chuid is mó
a bhfuil éileamh orthu tá Punk agus
Scéalta Eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo), buaiteoir
Dhuais na Comhdhála 1987, An Taistealaí
(Cló Mhaigh Eo), Ecstasy agus Scéalta
Eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo), a bhuaigh an Bisto Book of
the Year Merit Award 1995, agus Gafa (Comhar), a
bhain gearrliosta an Bisto Book of the Year Award 1997 amach
agus ar ar bronnadh an duais don Leabhar is Fearr do
Dhéagóirí in Oireachtas 1996.
Ainmníodh dhá shaothar eile leis don Irish
Times Literary Award, mar atá Ciorcal
Meiteamorfach i 1992 agus Sceoin sa Bhoireann i
1997. Ghnóthaigh Sceoin sa Bhoireann Duais
Chuimhneacháin Sheáin Uí Eigeartaigh in
Oireachtas 1993
Ré O Laighléis is a native of Sallynoggin,
Co Dublin. A graduate of the University of Galway (1978), he
has postgraduate degrees in education from St Patrick's
College, Dublin and Boston College, Massachusetts. He taught
in Galway for twelve years.
Since 1992, O Laighléis has been a full-time
writer and lives in the Burren, Co Clare. Six of his plays
were awarded the All Ireland Schools Drama title and he is a
three-times winner of the Aodh O Ruairc Commemorative Drama
Award. His Aistear Intinne (COISCEIM, 1996), is
written for drama teachers and children.
He is best known, as a writer of novels and short
stories. He is published in English and Italian, and is the
biggerst selling contemporary writer in the Irish language.
He writes for both the adult and teenage reader, and has
been awarded numerous Oireachtas literary awards in the
various genres. He is twice winner of The Bisto Book of the
Year Merit Award. On the international front, he is the
recipient of the 1995 NAMLLA Award (North American Minority
Languages Literary Award) and the 1997 White Ravens Literary
Award.
Chagrin is his fourth book from Cló Mhaigh
Eo following the novel 'An Taistealaí' and the
short story collections 'Punk' and 'Ecstasy'
(all published 1998).
Tá Ré Ó Laighléis ar
fáil chun cuairt a thabhairt ar scoileanna faoi
Scéim na Scríbhneoirí sna
Scoileanna.
Under the Writers in Schools Scheme Ré is
available to visit schools.
Fón: 01 679 9860 Faics: 01 671 4634
Leabhair Ré / Ré's
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