Moya Cannon

Moya Cannon is an Irish poet with six previous collections. In 2021 Carcanet published her Collected Poems. She was born and grew up in Co. Donegal, received a BA in History and Politics from University College, Dublin, and an MPhil in International Relations from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. A recipient of the inaugural Brendan Behan Award and of the O' Shaughnessy Award, she was Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at Villanova University and in 2004 was elected to Á osdÁ na, the affiliation of Irish creative artists.