Angela Bourke

Angela Bourke
Born 1952
Dublin, Ireland
Pen name Angela Bourke, Angela Partridge
Occupation Writer, Lecturer, Oral historian
Nationality Irish
Genre Women in history, women in folklore
Subject Irish Language

Angela Bourke (née Partridge) (1952) is an award winning bilingual Irish author, historian and academic who focuses on Irish oral tradition and literature in her books, lectures and broadcasting.

Biography

Bourke is an Dublin-born writer, oral historian and academic with an interest in the voice of women in folklore. Educated in University College Dublin with an MA in Celtic Studies she travelled to Université de Bretagne Occidentale in 1974.[1] Bourke completed her doctorate in women's religious poetry in Irish folklore, also from University College Dublin.[1] In the 1970s Bourke collected songs in Carna, Conemara. She was the first holder of Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco) bursary for academic writers, Autumn 2002.[2]She has travelled widely to other universities in Japan, Europe and the US as a guest and visiting professor, including Harvard University from 1992-93.[1] She is Professor of Irish-Language Studies and Head of modern Irish in UCD.[3][4]

Bourke is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[5][6][7][8]

Awards

Bibliography

Folklore studies & biography

Fiction

Miscellaneous

Other sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2002. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  2. "Journal of Music". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. "UCD position and details". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Online Biography". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. "RIA membership". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Visiting Fellows". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. "From: Éire-Ireland Volume 44:3&4, Earrach/Samhradh / Fall/Winter 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  8. "Historian". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. Alexander G. Gonzalez. Irish Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006 - Literary Criticism - 348 pages.
  10. "Cork short story". Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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