FILE AGUS FEAR CONSPÓIDE

File, úrscéalaí, fear aistí, fear conspóide, eagarthóir, iriseoir, aistritheoir agus duine den bheagán scríbhneoirí radacacha Gaeilge a raibh taithí idirnáisiúnta aige ab ea Tomás Mac Síomóin. Bhuaigh a chnuasach gearrscéalta Cinn Lae Seangáin duais Oireachtais sa bhliain 2005 agus an bhliain dár gcionn bronnadh an phríomhdhuais Oireachtais ar a úrscéal fantaisíochta, An Tionscadal. Dánta, scéalta agus ailt leis foilsithe in an-chuid irisí móide aistriúcháin ón gCatalóinis agus ón Spáinnis. Cailleadh é i mbliana. Fathach i measc scríbhneoirí na Gaeilge.

Political activist, poet, critic, essayist, novelist, scientist and translator, Tomás Mac Síomóin was a uniquely eclectic voice. A biology researcher, he also edited the literary journal Comhar for many years. His fiction includes the darkly humorous short story collection Cín Lae Seangáin, and the science fantasy novel An Tionscadal. The Broken Harp: Identity and Language in Modern Ireland is a piercing study of the effects of colonialism on Irish linguistic and cultural identity. His 21 Dán/Poemes/Poemas (Coiscéim, 2011) is a selection of his translations of his own poems in Irish, Catalan and Spanish. He died in Spain in February 2022.

Tonight Aontas na Scríbhneoirí and IMRAM are proud to celebrate his life in the company of poets, writers and critics, including fear an tí Cathal Póirtéir, Mícheál Ó hUanacháin, Mícheál Mac Aonghusa, Máirín Nic Eoin, Celia de Fréine, Éamon Ó Ciosáin. Cormac Breathnach agus Martin Dunlea a bheidh i mbun ceoil.