Title
Dreyer, Dympna
Description
Bibliographic Dictionary Entry
Creator
O'Toole, Tina
Source
Munster Women Writers Project, University College Cork
Publisher
Women in Irish Society Project, University College Cork
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Coverage
Munster, 1800-2000
Format
Text
Language
en
Type
Text
Contributor
O'Toole, Tina
Birth Date
Contemporary
Birthplace
Glen of Aherlow, Co Tipperary
Place of Association
Co Waterford
Biographical Text
Dympna Dreyer was born in Tipperary and grew up in the Glen of Aherlow. She lived in London, Boston, New York and Paris at various stages, a factor which she believes influences her work. She lives in Waterford now where she has taught for the past thirty years. She was nearly sixty when she started writing and her best-known work is a collection of poetry, Come Sun, Come Snow (1999). She has also had individual poems anthologised in Poetry Ireland, Oxford Magazine, The Shop, Waterford Review, Cork Literary Review and others. She has won a number of awards in both national and international poetry competitions.
Writing Genre
Poetry
Short Stories
Journalism