Celia de Fréine was born in Northern Ireland and now lives in Dublin and Connemara. Her poetry has won many awards, including the Patrick Kavanagh Award (1994), Duais Chomórtas Filíochta Dhún Laoghaire (1996), the British Comparative Literature Association Translation Award (1999), Duais Aitheantais Ghradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta (1999) Duais Smurfit/Lá (2003), and Gradam Litríochta Chló Iar-Chonnachta (2004). She was awarded Arts Council Bursaries in 1997 and 2000, and Duais an Oireachtais for best play in 2003 and 2004.
Celia may be contacted at cdefreine @ eircom.net