Biddy Jenkinson
Biddy Jenkinson is an Irish poet, short story writer and dramatist who writes in the Irish language. She was born in 1949 in Dublin and attended University College Cork. She has published several collections of verse, two collections of short stories and two plays.
It has been said of Jenkinson that she seeks to recreate a sense of the sacral world of nature and women’s role in sustaining it. She has a deep interest in literary tradition. Her chosen creative language is Irish and she has expressed her opposition to ‘the insistence that everything written in Irish be translated immediately into English’. Her work has been praised for its passion, humour and variety.
She was editor of Éigse Éireann/Poetry Ireland Review from 2000 to 2001.
Published work
Poetry
Sceilg na Scál TáinRith Oíche Bhealtaine Mis Rogha dánta ed. Siobhán Ní Fhoghlú and Seán Ó Tuama Amhras Neimhe Dán na hUidhre Uiscí Beatha- ''Baisteadh Gintlí''
Short stories
Duinnín - Bleachtaire - Ar An Sceilg An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín - Bleachtaire- ''An Grá Riabhach - Gáirscéalta ''
Plays
Mise, Subhó agus Maccó- ''Oh, Rahjerum!''