Jessica Traynor
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Jessica Traynor (born 1984), is an Irish poet and creative writing teacher.
Biography
Jessica Traynor (07/09/1984) was born in Dublin. She attended University College Dublin where she completed an MA in creative writing in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Interview with Poet Jessica Traynor |url=https://writing.ie/guest-blogs/interview-with-poet-jessica-traynor/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Writing.ie |language=en-US}}
Traynor worked for the Abbey Theatre in Dublin as the literary manager. She has also been the deputy director for the emigration museum, Epic.{{cite web |title=Jessica Traynor Poet in Residence 2020 |url=https://www.yeatssociety.com/jessica-traynor-poet-in-residence-2020/#top |website=Yeats Society Sligo |date=1 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=EPIC Gives a Royal Welcome to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex |url=https://epicchq.com/epic-gives-royal-welcome-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex/ |website=EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin {{!}} Official Site |date=11 July 2018}}
Traynor is a poet and creative writing teacher. Her first book of poetry was shortlisted for the Strong/Shine Award. Her second was an Irish Times poetry choice of 2019. Her work has been translated into Portuguese. Traynor edited a best selling anthology with Stephen Rea in 2019. The anthology was to raise funds for Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, MASI, to call for an end to direct provision.{{cite news |last1=Olohan |first1=Kate |title=Word Up: Poetry Ireland seeks emerging poets |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0115/1190035-poetry-ireland-seeks-emerging-poets-for-new-masterclass-series/ |date=19 January 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Writing The Quick: Jessica Traynor on her new poetry collection |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/1010/1002298-writing-the-quick-jessica-trainor-on-her-new-poetry-collection/ |date=12 October 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Correspondences - the anthology giving voice to direct provision |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/1210/1098209-correspondences-the-anthology-giving-voice-to-direct-provision/ |date=12 December 2019 |language=en}}
Traynor has had works on the RTÉ’s Poetry Programme, BBC Radio 4, Sunday Miscellany and The Salvage Press. She has done a number of residencies including Writer in Residence in Carlow College and Poet in Residence at the Yeats Society Sligo. Traynor became the inaugural Creative Fellow of UCD.{{cite news |last1=Dervan |first1=Michael |title=Elaine Agnew’s hopes still afloat for Paper Boat opera |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/elaine-agnew-s-hopes-still-afloat-for-paper-boat-opera-1.4423500?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Fmusic%2Felaine-agnew-s-hopes-still-afloat-for-paper-boat-opera-1.4423500 |work=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{cite news |title=The Poetry Programme Friday 25 December 2020 |url=https://www.rte.ie/radio1/the-poetry-programme/programmes/2020/1225/1185084-the-poetry-programme-friday-25-december-2020/ |work=The Poetry Programme}}
Awards
Traynor has been awarded the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary and the Dublin City Council Literature Bursary. She has won the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year and the Listowel Poetry Prize.{{cite web |title=Jessica Traynor – Dedalus Press – Links to poetry books |url=https://www.dedaluspress.com/authors/traynor-jessica/ |website=Dedalus Press}}
Works
- Liffey Swim, Dedalus Press, 2014
- The Quick, Dedalus Press, 2018
- Correspondences: an anthology to call for an end to direct provision
- Pit Lullabies, Bloodaxe Books, 2022
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Category:Writers from Dublin (city)