Rody Gorman was born in Dublin and now lives on the Isle of Skye, where he works as creative writing tutor and lecturer, and edits the annual Irish/Scottish poetry journal An Guth. He writes in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic and translates into and between those languages, and his own poetry has been translated into many languages.

He has been a writing fellow at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, convenor of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of Scottish PEN and received bursaries from the Scottish Arts Council and the Royal Literary Fund, among others.

His first poetry collection was Fax and Other Poems (Polygon, 1996), and his selected poems in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Chernilo, was published by Coiscéim in 2006.

 

Rugadh Rody Gorman i mBaile Átha Cliath agus tá cónaí air anois ar Oileán Sgitheanach, áit a n-oibríonn sé mar theagascóir agus léachtóir scríbhneoireachta cruthaithí, agus déanann sé eagarthóireacht ar an iris bhliantúil filíochta Gaeilge/Albanach An Guth. Scríobhann sé i nGaeilge agus i nGàidhlig na hAlban araon agus aistríonn sé go dtí na teangacha sin agus eatarthu, agus tá a chuid filíochta féin aistrithe go go leor teangacha. Bhí sé ina chomhalta scríbhneoireachta ag Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, ina thionólaí ar Choiste Aistriúcháin agus Cearta Teanga PEN na hAlban agus fuair sé sparánachtaí ó Chomhairle Ealaíon na hAlban agus ón gCiste Ríoga Liteartha, i measc teangacha eile.

Ba é Fax and Other Poems (Polygon, 1996) a chéad bhailiúchán filíochta, agus d’fhoilsigh Coiscéim a chuid dánta roghnaithe i nGaeilge agus i nGàidhlig na hAlban, Chernilo, in 2006.