Críostóir Ó Floinn

Críostóir Ó Floinn (born 1927 in Limerick city) is an Irish writer. He has published over 50 works in Irish and English, including novels, plays, short stories, biography, 12 books of poetry and a three-volume autobiography.^[1]

Educated at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, Ó Floinn gained much attention for his controversial 1966 play, Cóta Bán Chríost (lit. "The white coat of Christ"), which won the Douglas Hyde memorial award at that year's Oireachtas na Gaeilge.^[2]

Ó Floinn is a member of Aosdána, the state-funded association of elite Irish artists, and receives its Cnuas stipend.^[1] He has won many awards, including several first prizes in the annual Oireachtas competitions. His plays have been produced in Dublin at the Abbey Theatre and Gate Theatre, and at leading theatres in Galway and Belfast. He has also written many plays for radio and television.^[1]

Bibliography

• Lá Dá bhFaca Thú (1955), novel
• Cóta Bán Chríost (1966), an Irish-language play
• The Order of Melchizedek, an English-language version of Cóta Bán Chríost
• Learairí Lios an Phúca (1968), novel
• A Poet in Rome, poetry collection
• Sanctuary Island (1971), short stories
• Banana, poetry collection
• Is É A Dúirt Polonius (1973), play
• Mise Raifteirí an File (1974), play
• Van Gogh Chocolates, poetry collection
• Aisling Dhá Abhainn (1977), poetry collection
• Ó Fhás go hAois, poetry collection
• Centenary (1985), a 5,000 line poem chronicling the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association
• Homo Sapiens (1985), absurdist play
• There is an Isle (1998), first volume of autobiography
• Consplawkus (1999), second volume
• A Writer's Life, third volume
• The Heart Has Its Reasons, anthology of short stories
• Beautiful Limerick
• Lóchrann an Dóchais, a biography of Nano Nagle

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