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Rugadh Alex Hijmans san Ísiltír i 1975. Bhog sé go hÉirinn nuair a bhí sé fiche bliain d'aois agus d'fhoghlaim sé an Ghaeilge. Chaith sé tréimhse dhá bhliain déag i nGaillimh ansin, ag obair sna meáin Ghaeilge éagsúla, sular thug sé aghaidh ar an mBrasaíl, áit a bhfuil sé ag teacht isteach ar an bpeann ó shin. Tá ceithre shaothar leis foilsithe ag Cois Life go dtí seo, mar atá: Favela (neamhfhicsean, 2009), Aiséirí (úrscéal, 2011), Gonta (gearrscéalta, 2012) agus Splancanna ó shaol eile (neamhfhicsean, 2013). Bronnadh duaiseanna Oireachtais ar Favela agus Gonta. D'fhoilsigh Cois Life An Tearman, in 2016. Bíonn Alex ag blagáil faoina shaol sa Bhrasaíl agus faoi chúrsaí litríochta go rialta ar Twitter (@alexhijmans), agus ar a shuíomh féin. Alex Hijmans was born in Holland. He moved to Ireland when he was twenty years of age, at which point he began learning Irish. He spent twelve years in Galway, working in various Irish media, before moving to Brazil, where he now works as an international correspondent. Cois Life has published four of his books: Favela (non-fiction, 2009), Aiséirí (a novel, 2011), Gonta (a collection of short stories, 2012) and Splancanna ó shaol eile (non-fiction, 2013). Favela and Gonta were both awarded prizes by the Oireachtas. Cois Life published his novel, An Tearmann, in 2016. Alex regularly blogs about his life in Brazil and about literary matters on Twitter (@alexhijmans) and on his own website. |
