Tomás Mac Síomóin
Encyclopedia
Dr. Tomás Mac Síomóin was born in Dublin in 1938. A doctoral graduate of Cornell University, New York, he has worked as a biological researcher and university lecturer in the USA and Ireland. He has worked as a journalist, as editor of the newspaper Anois and, for many years, he was editor of the literary and current affairs magazine, Comhar. In recent years his Cinn Lae Seangáin (“The Diary of an Ant”) won the award for best short story collection in the Oireachtas 2005 competition, while in the following year his novel An Tionscadal (“The Project”) won the main Oireachtas literary award. His poems, stories, articles and translations from Catalan and Spanish have appeared in diverse publications. His novel, Ceallaigh (2009), was written in Cuba; it puts in doubt many commonly held assumptions about contemporary Cuban life and history. His work has been translated into many languages, most recently into Slovenian, Rumanian and Catalan. He now lives and works in Catalonia.
Short stories
- Cín lae seangáin agus scéalta eile (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2005) - Einsamkeit in Erkundungen-30 irische Erzähler. (Verlag Volk und Welt. Berlin,1979)
Poetry
- 21 dán poemes poemas (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2010),collected poems in Irish, Catalan and Spanish. - Scian (Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh, 1991)
- Cré agus cláirseach (Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh, 1983)
- Codarsnaí (Clódhanna Teo., 1981)
- Damhna agus Dánta eile (Sáirséal & Dill, 1974)
Novels
- An bhfuil Stacey ag iompar? (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2011) - Ceallaigh (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2009), Úrscéal eile ón Síomónach a dhiúltaíonn cloí le seanrialacha an chluiche. Insíonn sé scéal atá lán le heachtraí taibhseacha, ó Éirinn go Cúba, ón am a caitheadh go dtí an t-am i láthair, ar bhealach spreagúil tarraingteach a dhúisíonn ceisteanna tábhachtacha dosheachanta faoin saol. - An Tionscadal (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2007) - In inmhe (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2004) - Ag altóir an diabhail: striptease spioradálta Bheartla B (Coiscéim, 2003)
Anthologies
- The Willow's Whisper: A Transatlantic Compilation of Poetry from Ireland and Native America (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), Jill M. O Mahony and Mícheál Ó hAodha, Editors
- Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: a Reader (Cork University Press,2000), David Pierce, Editor
- Das zweimaleins des Steins-Poesie aus Irland. (Die horen, Bremerhaven, 1998)
- Poetry Ireland Review 39: Autumn 1993: Special Issue: Contemporary Poetry in Irish (Colour Books, 1993), Sean O' Cearnaigh,Editor
- Irish Poetry Now: Other Voices (Merlin Publishing,1993), Gabriel Fitzmaurice,Editor
- Dánta i An Crann Faoi Bhláth-The Flowering Tree (Eag: Declan Kiberd agus Gabriel Fitzmaurice) (Wolfhound, B.Á.C. 1991)
Translations
- Pedro Páramo (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2008), aistriúchán ón Spáinnis ar úrscéal Meicsiceánach den teideal céanna le Juan Rulfo - Na cathracha caillte (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2004), aistriúcháin ar dánta Spáinnise Ernesto Cardenal - Selected poems /Tacar dánta (Goldsmith Press, 1984), rogha dátheangach Máirtín Ó Díreáin in collaboration with Douglas Sealy.
- Mo Chroí san Afraic (An GúmAn GúmAn Gúm was an Irish state company tasked with the publication of Irish literature, especially educational materials.The agency is now part of Foras na Gaeilge. Its mission statement is "To produce publications and resources in support of Irish-medium education and of the use of Irish in general."...
, 2002), translation of El meu cor es diu Africa, a Catalan novel for teenagers by Victor Mora, in collaboration with Carl Mac Gabhann.
Essay
- Cultura literària en llengua irlandesa: Cruïlla o final de viatge (Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2010)
- Macallaí na Cásca 1 1916: Leath-réabhlóid Paradacsa ait na Gaeilge (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2006) - Ó Mhársa go Magla: straitéis nua don Ghaeilge (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2006),An gcaillfear an Ghaeilge roimh dheireadh na haoise seo, mar atá á thuar ag tráchtairí áirithe? Áiríonn UNESCO an Ghaeilge ar na teangacha ar domhan atá ‘i mbaol’. Tá a bhfuil sa Phaimfléad seo á scríobh as an gcinnteacht gur féidir í a tharrtháil, ar choinníoll go n-athrófar . - Ceachtanna ón gCatalóin: teanga i ngleic le nualiobrálachas (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2005) - Tuairisc ón bPluais: poblachtánachas agus litríocht in aois na scáth (CoiscéimCoiscéimCoiscéim is a prolific Dublin-based Irish-language publisher founded by writer, artist and language activist Pádraig Ó Snodaigh in 1980. Well-known authors who have published with Coiscéim include Gabriel Rosenstock, Alan Titley, Michael Davitt, Michael Hartnett, Biddy Jenkinson, Tomás Mac Síomóin,...
, 2004),Tá ollchumhacht na mórmheán cumarsáide ag bagairt ar an gcur agus cúiteamh is smior chailligh don daonlathas. An bhfuil ról ag an litríocht ag cur ina aghaidh seo? An féidir léi bua na samhlaíochta a athghiniúint agus féidearthachtaí eile a chruthú in intinn an phobail? Áiteamh dúshlánach i dtaobh buncheisteanna atá sa phaimfléad seo. - Poet of Conscience: The Old and the New in the Poetry of Sorley MacLean (Scottish Academic Press, 1986)