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Angela Bourke

b. 1952

Irish writer

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About Angela Bourke

Born 1952. Angela Bourke is an Irish writer, farmer and nurse.

Angela Bourke (former married name Partridge) is an Irish author, historian and academic who focuses on Irish oral tradition and literature in her books, lectures, and broadcasting.

Biography Bourke is a 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. Bourke completed her doctorate in women's religious poetry in Irish folklore, also from University College Dublin. 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.

Bourke is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Awards The Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, 1992 The Irish Times Literature Prize for non-fiction in 2000 and American Conference for Irish Studies James S. Donnelly Prize, 2001 with The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story

Selected works

Folklore studies and biography

Caoineadh na dTrĂ­ Muire: TĂ©ama na PĂĄise i bhfĂ­locht bhĂ©il na Gaeilge (Baile Átha Cliath: An ClĂłchomhar Tta, 1983) ‘Adventures with old things’, in The Dublin Review, 4 (Autumn 2001), pp. 5–13

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Important facts

Born
1952, Dublin
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Education
University College Dublin

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Angela Bourke's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Angela Bourke?

Irish writer

When was Angela Bourke born?

Angela Bourke was born in 1952 in Dublin.

What is Angela Bourke's occupation?

Angela Bourke is a writer, farmer and nurse.

What nationality is Angela Bourke?

Angela Bourke is Irish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Angela Bourke

· Wikidata: Q22906874

· DBpedia: Angela Bourke

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