Philip Cummings
Rugadh i mBéal Feirste é in 1964, é ina chónaí anois gar don Mhuine Ghlas, Contae Aontroma. Bhuaigh Néalta (Coiscéim, 2005), a chéad chnuasach filíochta, duais na Gaeilge Glen Dimplex 2006 agus bhí sé ar an ghearrliosta don Rupert and Eithne Strong Award 2006. Bhí an dara cnuasach leis, An Fear sa Ghealach (Coiscéim, 2010), ar an ghearrliosta do Ghradam Filíochta Mhichíl Uí Airtnéide 2012. Foilsíodh an tríú cnuasach, ad delectationem stultorum (Coiscéím) in 2012. Tá duaiseanna Oireachtais bainte aige don léirmheastóireacht ar an fhilíocht agus do dhráma raidió, agus bhuaigh dán leis, 'Conla', Corn Uí Néill 2013. Bhí sé ina eagarthóir ealaíne le Lá Nua ó 2003 go dtí 2008, áit ar scríobh sé colún greannmhar aorach. Foilsíodh díolaim de na colúin in Dar Liom (Coiscéim, 2008).
Born in Belfast in 1964, now living near Moneyglass in County Antrim. His first poetry collection Néalta (Coiscéim, 2005) won the Irish Language Prize in the Glen Dimplex New Writers Awards 2006 and was shortlisted for the Rupert and Eithne Strong Award 2006. His second collection, An Fear sa Ghealach (Coiscéim, 2010), was shortlisted for the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award 2012. His third collection, ad delectationem stultorum (Coiscéim), was published in 2012. He has won Oireachtas prizes for poetry review and radio drama, and his poem 'Connla' won the 2013 Corn Uí Néill. He was arts editor of Lá Nua from 2003 to 2008 where he wrote a humorous, satirical column. A selection of the columns was published as Dar Liom (Coiscéim, 2008).