Vona Groarke

Longford-born. Nine collections from Shale (1994) to Infinity Pool (2025), plus essays and Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O'Hara. Writer-in-residence at St John's College, Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. The current Ireland Professor of Poetry (2025–2028), the tenth holder of the chair. Michael Hartnett Award winner.