Moya Cannon

Moya Cannon is an Irish poet with six previous collections. In 2021 Carcanet published her Collected Poems. She was born and grew up in Co. Donegal, received a BA in History and Politics from University College, Dublin, and an MPhil in International Relations from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. A recipient of the inaugural Brendan Behan Award and of the O’Shaughnessy Award, she was Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at Villanova University and in 2004 was elected to Áosdána, the affiliation of Irish creative artists.