Nell Regan


Nell Regan is an internationally renowned Irish based poet and non fiction writer.

Life

Regan was born in London in 1969 but grew up in Dublin, Ireland. She was educated in University College Dublin, Lancaster University and Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a graduate of The Poets’ House, Donegal.
Regan has worked as a documentary researcher. She teaches in Dublin. In 2013 Regan was made artistic director of the West Cork Literary Festival.
In 2011, she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

Awards

Regan's poetry draws from the issues she is interested in, like history, culture and nature and she has been commissioned by organisations like Cork County Council's Fort Camden Commission.

Poetry

  • Preparing for Spring
  • Bound for Home
  • One Still Thing
  • Underworld

    Non fiction

  • Female Activists, Irish Women and Change,
  • Field Day Anthology Vol 4.