Troy, Shevaun

Title

Troy, Shevaun
Vand, Gabriel

Description

Bibliographic Dictionary Entry

Date

1923-1993

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, Ireland, 1800-2000

Format

Text

Language

en

Type

Text

Subject

Troy, Shevaun

Contributor

O'Toole, Tina

Birth Date

1923

Death Date

1993

Birthplace

Clonmel, Co Tipperary

Place of Association

Co Cork

Biographical Text

Sister of Una Troy (q.v.), Shevaun began to write poetry in 1974 when she joined the Lantern Theatre writers group in Dublin. She published several poems in broadsheets produced by this group.

She then moved to Cork, and her poems were published by New Poetry, Tuesday Magazine and The Examiner, sometimes under the pseudonym "Gabriel Vand".

Shevaun Troy won first and second prize at the Doneraile Writers Weekend in 1981, and the Jameson Prize at the Listowel Writers Week in 1982.

She published one volume of poetry, Only By the Heron's Flight.

Writing Genre

Poetry

Geolocation