Frank McGuinness is Professor of Creative Writing in UCD. A world-acclaimed playwright, poet and writer, his novel Arimathea (Brandon Books, 2013) was short-listed for Eason Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2013 and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2014.
Frank McGuinness is Professor of Creative Writing in University College Dublin. A world-renowned playwright, his first great stage hit was the highly acclaimed ‘Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme’. He is also a highly skilled adapter of plays by writers such as Ibsen, Sophocles, Brecht, and writer of several film scripts, including Dancing at Lughnasa, and he has published several anthologies of poetry.