Ita Daly
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Ita Daly (born 1945) is an Irish author of five novels for adults, two for children and a collection of short stories.
Biography
Ita Daly was born in 1945 in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland. She was the daughter of a civil servant. She was educated in the St Louis High School, Rathmines, Dublin and then went on to study English and Spanish at University College Dublin. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Higher Diploma in Education. She worked as a teacher for eleven years at a secondary school in Dublin.
Daly was married to writer David Marcus and in 2016 published a memoir of their life together, I'll Drop You a Line: A Life With David Marcus. She has one daughter. She left teaching when her daughter was born. She lives in Dublin.
She is a member of Aosdána.{{cite web|url= http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Literature/Daly.aspx|title=Aosdána}}{{cite web|url=http://www.munsterlit.ie/FOCfest/participants/daly_ita.html|title=Munsterlit Biography}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishwriters-online.com/daly-ita/|title=Irish Writers Online}}{{cite web|url=http://www.christinegreen.co.uk/ita.html|title=Agency Biography}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/d/Daly_I/life.htm|title=Biography on Ricorso}}{{cite book|title=Irish Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide|author=Alexander G. Gonzalez|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year= 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/rathmines-and-beyond-literary-heritage/ita-daly|title=Dublin City Library}}
Awards
- In both 1972 and 1976 she was awarded the Hennessy Literary Award
- In 1975 she won the short story contest in The Irish Times
Bibliography
- The Lady with the Red Shoes (1980)
- Ellen (1986)
- A Singular Attraction (1987)
- Candy on the Dart (1989)
- Candy and Sharon Olé (1991)
- Dangerous Fictions (1991)
- All Fall Down (1992)
- Unholy Ghosts (2000)
- Irish Myths & Legends (2000)
- We Were Happy There: A Hundred Years of St Louis High School Rathmines (2014)
- I'll Drop You a Line: A Life With David Marcus (2016)
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Category:Irish women novelists
Category:People from Drumshanbo
Category:Writers from Dublin (city)
Category:Irish women children's writers
Category:Irish children's writers
Category:Collectors of fairy tales
Category:Irish women folklorists
Category:Alumni of University College Dublin
Category:Writers from County Leitrim
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