Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi is a Nigerian-Irish poet, writer, editor, and performer.
Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian, Irish |
Poetry
editEnyi-Amadi's poetry has been published in Architecture Ireland, Poetry International, Poetry Ireland Review, The MASI Journal, RTÉ Poetry Programme, Smithereens Press, The Bohemyth, The Irish Times, and in the volume Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories (2020). She received the 2019 Poetry Ireland Access Cúirt Bursary.[1] In 2018, she was a speaker at the Dublin Human Rights Festival alongside Clara Rose Thornton and Farah Elle.[2] She performed as part of the 2019 International Women's Day with Poetry Ireland.[3] She was among the invited performers at the 2019 Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector conference.[4] The Irish Museum of Modern Art commissioned her to write three poems in response to the 2019 exhibition A Fiction Close to Reality.[1]
In 2019, Enyi-Amadi co-edited a volume of poetry with Pat Boran, Writing Home: The New Irish Poets, which featured poems from poets who have emigrated to Ireland.[5][6][7][8][9] She was one of the featured writers and performers for the 2020 Nollaig na mBan celebrations in Epic, the Irish Emigration Museum.[10] She collaborated with poet and singer-songwriter, Christie Kandiwa, on the piece entitled SEE x SEA for the Mother Tongues Festival in February 2020.[11]
Personal life
editChiamaka Enyi-Amadi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and moved to Galway, Ireland at age 10.[1][12][13] She attended University College Dublin graduating with a BA in English and Philosophy.[1] While at UCD she edited and contributed to Otwo magazine for The University Observer.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Poet Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi responds to IMMA Collection exhibition". IMMA. IMMA. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Speakers and Presenters". Dublin Human Rights Festival 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Falvey, Deirdre (7 March 2019). "International Women's Day: 11 of the best events around Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Murray, Christine (27 September 2019). "Tackling the catastrophic canonical neglect of Irish women poets and writers". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Doyle, Martin. "Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so far". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Kehoe, Paddy (29 October 2019). "Reviewed: Writing Home -The New Irish Poets". RTÉ Culture. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ McAuliffe, John (8 February 2020). "Poetry round-up: A new reference point for Irish literature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Boran, Pat (19 November 2019). "A kind of world-building: a celebration of poets who now call Ireland home". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Spain, John (21 December 2019). "Ireland's finest authors reveal their favourite titles of 2019". Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Power, Jack (5 January 2020). "Nollaig na mBan events to take place across the country". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "SEE x SEA". Mother Tongues Festival. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Poetry Programme: Maureen Boyle, Ruth Carr & Chiamaka Enyi Amadi". RTÉ Culture. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Traynor, Jessica (11 June 2020). "'When I moved here four years ago, I quickly felt Dublin was my spiritual home'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi". Dedalus Press. Retrieved 24 July 2020.