Mary O'Donoghue

Mary O'Donoghue is a short story writer, novelist, poet, translator of Irish-language poetry, and senior fiction editor at the literary journal AGNI. As Professor of English, she teaches writing fiction, literature, and first-year writing classes. In 2023 she held the Charles A. Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University.

Mary is the author of the short story collection The Hour After Happy Hour (Stinging Fly Press, 2023); the novel Before the House Burns (The Lilliput Press, 2010); and the poetry collections Among These Winters (Dedalus Press, 2007) and Tulle (Salmon Poetry, 2001). Her short stories have appeared in many US and European publications: Subtropics, The Common, Granta, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Irish Times, Sunday Times UK, Stinging Fly, Dublin Review, and elsewhere.

Her translations of Irish-language poetry are published in volumes from translations in dual language volumes from Cló Iar-Chonnacht, Bloodaxe Books, and Yale University Press. She has been awarded fiction fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and residencies at Vermont Studio Center and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.