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
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