Rody Gorman

English

Rody Gorman was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1960 and now lives on the Isle of Skye, where he works as creative writing tutor and lecturer, and edits the annual Irish/Scottish poetry journal An Guth. He writes in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic and translates into and between those languages, and his own poetry has been translated into many languages. He has been a writing fellow at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, convenor of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of Scottish PEN, and served on various other bodies, and received bursaries from the Scottish Arts Council and the Royal Literary Fund, among others.

His first poetry collection, Fax and Other Poems (Polygon, 1996) was followed by ten further collections,  and a selected poems in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Chernilo, was published in 2006. Trìtheamhan, a collection of haiku in Gaelic, appeared in 2017.

Gaelic

Rugadh Rody Gorman am Baile Àtha Cliath, Èirinn an 1960 agus tha e a-nis a’ fuireach anns an Eilean Sgitheanach, far am bi e ag obair mar oide sgrìobhaidh cruthachail agus òraidiche, agus far am bi e a’ deasachadh An Guth, iris bhàrdachd bliadhnail Èireannach/Albannach. Bidh e a’ sgrìobhadh an dà chuid sa Ghàidhlig agus an Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn, agus bidh e ag eadar-theangachadh eadar an dà chànan sin. Tha a bhàrdachd fhèin air a bhith air eadar-theangachadh gu iomadach cànan. Tha e air a bhith na sgrìobhadair aig an t-Sabhal Mhòr, na neach-gairm air Comataidh Translation and Linguistic Rights aig Scottish PEN, agus tha e air taic-airgid fhaighinn bho Chomhairle Ealain na h-Alba agus an Royal Literary Fund, am measg bhuidhnean eile.

Nochd a’ chiad chruinneachadh bàrdachd aige, Fax and Other Poems (Polygon) an 1996, agus tha deich cruinneachaidhean eile air nochdadh. Chaidh cruinneachadh de dhàin, taghta sa Ghàidhlig agus an Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn, Chernilo, fhoillseachadh an 2006, agus nochd Trìmheamhan, cruinneachadh de dhàin haiku sa Ghàidhlig, an 2017.