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'''Victoria Kennefick''' is an Irish poet. She has been an artist/poet/writer in residence for [[Cork County Council]], [[University College Dublin]] and the Yeats Society.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=UCD Writer in Residence 2023 |url=https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/writerinresidence2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227135135/https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/writerinresidence2023/ |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[University College Dublin]] - School of English Drama Film}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2022 |title=Victoria Kennefick - New Poet in Residence |url=https://www.yeatssociety.com/victoria-kennefick-new-poet-in-residence/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526033238/https://www.yeatssociety.com/victoria-kennefick-new-poet-in-residence/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=Yeats Society Sligo}}</ref> She has been a recipient of [[bursaries]] from the [[Arts Council of Ireland]] and [[Kerry County Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2017 |title=Next Generation bursary 2016 - Kennefick, Victoria-171171103 |url=https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funding-decisions/Next-Generation-bursary-2016---Kennefick,-Victoria-171171103/ |website=[[ArtsCouncil.ie]]}}</ref><ref name="UCC Alumni">{{Cite web |title=Poet Victoria Kennefick shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize |url=https://alumni.ucc.ie/s/1901/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1901&gid=2&pgid=1073&cid=2589&ecid=2589&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=1868 |website=alumni.ucc.ie}}</ref> Her collection ''Eat or We Both Starve'' won the [[Seamus Heaney Centre]] First Collection Poetry Prize, and was shortlisted for the [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] and [[Costa Book Award for Poetry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O’Donoghue |first=Denise |date=November 24, 2021 |title='It's really lovely for poetry': Cork poet shortlisted for £30k Costa Book Awards |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40751547.html |website=[[IrishExaminer.com]]}}</ref>
'''Victoria Kennefick''' is an Irish poet. She has been an artist/poet/writer in residence for [[Cork County Council]], [[University College Dublin]] and the Yeats Society.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=UCD Writer in Residence 2023 |url=https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/writerinresidence2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227135135/https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/writerinresidence2023/ |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[University College Dublin]] - School of English Drama Film}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2022 |title=Victoria Kennefick - New Poet in Residence |url=https://www.yeatssociety.com/victoria-kennefick-new-poet-in-residence/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526033238/https://www.yeatssociety.com/victoria-kennefick-new-poet-in-residence/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=Yeats Society Sligo}}</ref> She has been a recipient of [[bursaries]] from the [[Arts Council of Ireland]] and [[Kerry County Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2017 |title=Next Generation bursary 2016 - Kennefick, Victoria-171171103 |url=https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funding-decisions/Next-Generation-bursary-2016---Kennefick,-Victoria-171171103/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117154656/https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funding-decisions/Next-Generation-bursary-2016---Kennefick,-Victoria-171171103/ |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[Arts Council (Ireland)]]}}</ref><ref name="UCC Alumni">{{Cite web |title=Poet Victoria Kennefick shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize |url=https://alumni.ucc.ie/s/1901/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1901&gid=2&pgid=1073&cid=2589&ecid=2589&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=1868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241029-212920/https://alumni.ucc.ie/s/1901/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1901&gid=2&pgid=1073&cid=2589&ecid=2589&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=1868 |archive-date=29 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[University College Cork]] - Alumni and Development}}</ref> Her collection ''Eat or We Both Starve'' won the [[Seamus Heaney Centre]] First Collection Poetry Prize,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 June 2022 |title=Queen’s announces Victoria Kennefick as winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2022/queens-victoria-kennefick-winner-seamus-heaney-poetry.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241029-222414/https://www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2022/queens-victoria-kennefick-winner-seamus-heaney-poetry.html |archive-date=29 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[Queen's University Belfast]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> and was shortlisted for the [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] and [[Costa Book Award for Poetry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O’Donoghue |first=Denise |date=24 November 2021 |title='It's really lovely for poetry': Cork poet shortlisted for £30k Costa Book Awards |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40751547.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117154655/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40751547.html |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Kennefick comes from [[Shanagarry]], [[County Cork]].<ref name="LC">{{Cite web |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Poem by Tralee based poet, Victoria Kennefick, appears on Leaving Cert |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/tralee-news/poem-by-tralee-based-poet-victoria-kennefick-appears-on-leaving-cert/a962439339.html |website=[[Independent.ie]]}}</ref> She studied in [[University College Cork]] (UCC) and obtained a [[Fulbright scholarship]], with terms attended in [[Emory University]] and [[Georgia College & State University]].<ref name="UCC Alumni" /> She holds a [[doctorate]] in [[American literature]] from UCC.<ref name="IT White Whale">{{Cite news |title=Victoria Kennefick on White Whale: navigating the poetry of grief |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/victoria-kennefick-on-white-whale-navigating-the-poetry-of-grief-1.2251514 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref><ref name="UCC Alumni" />
Kennefick comes from [[Shanagarry]], [[County Cork]].<ref name="LC">{{Cite web |last=Dennehy |first=Fergus |date=12 June 2023 |title=Poem by Tralee based poet, Victoria Kennefick, appears on Leaving Cert |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/tralee-news/poem-by-tralee-based-poet-victoria-kennefick-appears-on-leaving-cert/a962439339.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241029-213956/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/tralee-news/poem-by-tralee-based-poet-victoria-kennefick-appears-on-leaving-cert/a962439339.html |archive-date=29 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> She studied in [[University College Cork]] (UCC) and obtained a [[Fulbright scholarship]], with terms attended in [[Emory University]] and [[Georgia College & State University]].<ref name="UCC Alumni" /> She holds a [[doctorate]] in [[American literature]] from UCC.<ref name="UCC Alumni" /><ref name="IT White Whale">{{Cite news |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |date=16 June 2015 |title=Victoria Kennefick on White Whale: navigating the poetry of grief |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/victoria-kennefick-on-white-whale-navigating-the-poetry-of-grief-1.2251514 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241029-214701/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/victoria-kennefick-on-white-whale-navigating-the-poetry-of-grief-1.2251514 |archive-date=29 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref>


She was named [[Cork County Council]] [[artist-in-residence|writer-in-residence]] in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Kennefick announced as Cork County Council Writer in Residence &#124; Cork County Council |url=https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/victoria-kennefick-announced-as-cork-county-council-writer-in-residence |website=[[CorkCoCo.ie]]}}</ref>
She was named [[Cork County Council]] [[artist-in-residence|writer-in-residence]] in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2023 |title=Victoria Kennefick announced as Cork County Council Writer in Residence |url=https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/victoria-kennefick-announced-as-cork-county-council-writer-in-residence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227233234/https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/victoria-kennefick-announced-as-cork-county-council-writer-in-residence |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[Cork County Council]]}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Kennefick's father died while she was undertaking her doctoral work.<ref name="IT White Whale" /> Kennefick lives in [[Tralee]], [[County Kerry]],<ref name="LC" /> She has one child.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Something For The Weekend: Victoria Kennefick's Cultural Picks |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2022/0504/1295804-something-for-the-weekend-victoria-kenneficks-cultural-picks/ |website=[[RTE.ie]]}}</ref>
Kennefick's father died while she was undertaking her doctoral work.<ref name="IT White Whale" /> Kennefick lives in [[Tralee]], [[County Kerry]],<ref name="LC" /> She has one child.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2022 |title=Something For The Weekend: Victoria Kennefick's Cultural Picks |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2022/0504/1295804-something-for-the-weekend-victoria-kenneficks-cultural-picks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228113927/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2022/0504/1295804-something-for-the-weekend-victoria-kenneficks-cultural-picks/ |archive-date=28 February 2023 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=[[RTE.ie]]}}</ref>


== Recognition and awards ==
== Recognition and awards ==
''Eat or We Both Starve'' won the [[Seamus Heaney Centre]] First Collection Poetry Prize,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2019 |title=Announcing the winner for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2022. |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus-heaney-centre/news/SeamusHeaneyFirstCollectionPoetryPrizeWinner2022.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703002940/https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus-heaney-centre/news/SeamusHeaneyFirstCollectionPoetryPrizeWinner2022.html |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=T S Eliot Prize shortlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/10/15/195278/t-s-eliot-prize-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=[[BooksAndPublishing.com.au]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="UCC Alumni" />
''Eat or We Both Starve'' won the [[Seamus Heaney Centre]] First Collection Poetry Prize,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=10 April 2019 |title=Announcing the winner for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2022. |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus-heaney-centre/news/SeamusHeaneyFirstCollectionPoetryPrizeWinner2022.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703002940/https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus-heaney-centre/news/SeamusHeaneyFirstCollectionPoetryPrizeWinner2022.html |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=[[Seamus Heaney Centre|Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry]]}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] in 2021.<ref name="UCC Alumni" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2021 |title=T S Eliot Prize shortlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/10/15/195278/t-s-eliot-prize-shortlist-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108050441/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/10/15/195278/t-s-eliot-prize-shortlist-announced/ |archive-date=8 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=[[Books+Publishing]] |language=en-AU}}</ref>


Her work was quoted on a [[Leaving Certificate]] exam paper in 2023.<ref name="LC" />
Her work was quoted on a [[Leaving Certificate]] exam paper in 2023.<ref name="LC" />


== Works ==
== Works ==
* {{Cite book |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |title=White Whale |publisher=Southward Editions |year=2015 |isbn=9781905002405 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |title=White Whale |publisher=Southward Editions |year=2015 |isbn=9781905002405 |language=en |oclc=908450834 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |title=Eat or We Both Starve |publisher=[[Carcanet Press]] |year=2021 |isbn=9781800170711 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |title=Eat or We Both Starve |publisher=[[Carcanet Press]] |year=2021 |isbn=9781800170711 |language=en |oclc=1226763665 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |title=Egg/Shell |publisher=[[Carcanet Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781800173842 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kennefick |first=Victoria |title=Egg/Shell |publisher=[[Carcanet Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781800173842 |language=en |oclc=1410592356 |ref=none}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website}}
*{{official website}}
*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/victoria-kennefick Victoria Kennefick's Poetry] at the [[Poetry Foundation]]


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Victoria Kennefick is an Irish poet. She has been an artist/poet/writer in residence for Cork County Council, University College Dublin and the Yeats Society.[1][2] She has been a recipient of bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland and Kerry County Council.[3][4] Her collection Eat or We Both Starve won the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Poetry Prize,[5][6] and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and Costa Book Award for Poetry.[7]

Background

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Kennefick comes from Shanagarry, County Cork.[8] She studied in University College Cork (UCC) and obtained a Fulbright scholarship, with terms attended in Emory University and Georgia College & State University.[4] She holds a doctorate in American literature from UCC.[4][9]

She was named Cork County Council writer-in-residence in December 2023.[10]

Personal life

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Kennefick's father died while she was undertaking her doctoral work.[9] Kennefick lives in Tralee, County Kerry,[8] She has one child.[11]

Recognition and awards

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Eat or We Both Starve won the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Poetry Prize,[5][6] and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2021.[4][12]

Her work was quoted on a Leaving Certificate exam paper in 2023.[8]

Works

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  • Kennefick, Victoria (2015). White Whale. Southward Editions. ISBN 9781905002405. OCLC 908450834.
  • Kennefick, Victoria (2021). Eat or We Both Starve. Carcanet Press. ISBN 9781800170711. OCLC 1226763665.
  • Kennefick, Victoria (2024). Egg/Shell. Carcanet Press. ISBN 9781800173842. OCLC 1410592356.

References

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  1. ^ "UCD Writer in Residence 2023". University College Dublin - School of English Drama Film. 2023. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Victoria Kennefick - New Poet in Residence". Yeats Society Sligo. 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Next Generation bursary 2016 - Kennefick, Victoria-171171103". Arts Council (Ireland). 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Poet Victoria Kennefick shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize". University College Cork - Alumni and Development. Archived from the original on 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Queen's announces Victoria Kennefick as winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize". Queen's University Belfast. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Announcing the winner for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2022". Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  7. ^ O’Donoghue, Denise (24 November 2021). "'It's really lovely for poetry': Cork poet shortlisted for £30k Costa Book Awards". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Dennehy, Fergus (12 June 2023). "Poem by Tralee based poet, Victoria Kennefick, appears on Leaving Cert". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  9. ^ a b Kennefick, Victoria (16 June 2015). "Victoria Kennefick on White Whale: navigating the poetry of grief". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Victoria Kennefick announced as Cork County Council Writer in Residence". Cork County Council. 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Something For The Weekend: Victoria Kennefick's Cultural Picks". RTE.ie. 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  12. ^ "T S Eliot Prize shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 15 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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